Towards a history of consumption in South Asia /

Towards a history of consumption in South Asia / edited by Douglas E. Haynes ... [et al.]. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2010. - x, 297 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Rs.750/-

Includes bibliographical references.

1. The Consumption of British Manufactured Goods in India: A Prologue, 1765-1813 by H.V. Bowen;; 2. Growth of Small-scale Industries and Changes in Consumption Patterns in South India, 1910s-50s by Haruka Yanagisawa;; 3. Consumption History of the Estado da India: 1850-1950 by Remy Dias;; 4. Consumption, Domestic Economy, and the Idea of the Middle Class in Late Colonial Bombay by Prashant Kidambi;; 5. At Home in the World: Cinema and Cultures of the Young in Bombay in the 1920s by Kaushik Bhaumik;; 6. Consuming Families: Negotiating Women's Shopping in Early Twentieth Century Western India by Abigail McGowan;; 7. Creating the Consumer? Advertising, Capitalism and the Middle Classes in Urban Western India, 1914-40 by Douglas E. Haynes;; 8. Honour, Desire, and Fashion: Textile Consumption in Northwest India and Pakistan by Michelle Maskiell;; 10. . Consumption and Craftsmanship in India, 1870-1940 by Tirthankar Roy; Notes on Contributors

Contributed papers presented at a conference "Towards a history of consumption in South Asia" held at Pune in 2005 in Indian context.

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Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office Rs595.00

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Consumption (Economics)--History--India--Congresses.
Middle class--Economic conditions--India--Congresses.
Cost and standard of living--History--India--Congresses.

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