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Skill, craft and histories of industrialisation in Europe and Asia

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Berg, Maxine (2014) Skill, craft and histories of industrialisation in Europe and Asia. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 24 . pp. 127-148. doi:10.1017/S0080440114000061

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Abstract

It is time to reexamine craft and small-scale manufacture within our histories of industrialisation, both West and East, and to reflect on the long survival and adaptation of artisanal production even within our globalised world of production and consumption. Historians since the 1950s have addressed craft, skill and labour-intensive production in historical frameworks such as ‘the rise of the factory system’, ‘proto-industrialisation’ and ‘flexible specialisation’. More recently, they have devised other concepts which include labour and skill-intensive production such as ‘industrious revolution’, ‘the great divergence’, ‘knowledge economies’, ‘East Asian development paths’ and ‘cycles of production’. This paper surveys this historiography of craft and skill in models of industrialisation. It then reflects on small-scale industrial structures in current globalisation, emphasising the continued significance of craft and skill over a long history of global transitions. It gives close examination to one region, Gujarat, and its recent industrial and global history. The paper compares industrial production for East India Company trade in the eighteenth century to the recent engagement of the artisans of the Kachchh district of Gujarat in global markets. It draws on the oral histories of seventy-five artisan families to discuss the past and future of craft and skill in the industry of the global economy.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DS Asia
H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Gujarat (India) -- Artisans -- History, Oral history, Europe -- Commerce -- India, India -- Commerce -- Europe, International trade -- Historiography
Journal or Publication Title: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0080-4401
Official Date: December 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
December 2014Published
24 October 2014Available
Volume: 24
Page Range: pp. 127-148
DOI: 10.1017/S0080440114000061
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7)
Grant number: (FP/2007-2103) ERC Grant Agreement no. 249362

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