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The political economy of craft production : crafting empire in South India, c. 1350-1650 / Carla M. Sinopoli

Author
Sinopoli, Carla M.
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Contents
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: crafting empire in South India; 2 Specialized craft production: archaeological approaches; 3 The South Asian state; 4 Vijayanagara: the historical setting; 5 Vijayanagara: sources of evidence; 6 Craft products and craft producers; 7 Artisans and institutions: artisans and each other; 8 Crafting empire: conclusions; References; Index.
Summary
Through both archaeological and historical evidence, Carla Sinopoli explores the role and significance of craft production in the political economy of the fourteenth through seventeenth-century South Indian Vijayanagara empire. She examines a diverse range of crafts from poetry to pottery, employing evidence from her twenty years of fieldwork.
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ISBN
0511062559 (electronic bk.)
9780511062551 (electronic bk.)
0511071019
9780511071010
9780511489648 (ebook)
0511489641 (ebook)
9780521826136 (hardback)
0521826136 (hardback)
1280431172
9781280431173
0521826136
9780521174169 (paperback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-341) and index.
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