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- catalog abstract ""This new study combines archaeological and historical evidence from the author's twenty years of fieldwork at the imperial capital of Vijayanagara to explore the role and significance of craft production in the cities' political economy of the fourteenth to the seventeenth century. By examining a diverse range of crafts from poetry to pottery, Sinopoli evaluates models of craft production and expands upon theoretical and historical understanding of empires in general and Vijayanagara in particular. It is the most broad-ranging study of craft production in South Asia, or in any other early state empire."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13069597.
- catalog coverage "Hampī (India) Economic conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Vijayanagar (Empire)".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""This new study combines archaeological and historical evidence from the author's twenty years of fieldwork at the imperial capital of Vijayanagara to explore the role and significance of craft production in the cities' political economy of the fourteenth to the seventeenth century.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "By examining a diverse range of crafts from poetry to pottery, Sinopoli evaluates models of craft production and expands upon theoretical and historical understanding of empires in general and Vijayanagara in particular. It is the most broad-ranging study of craft production in South Asia, or in any other early state empire."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-341) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 354 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521826136".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Hampī (India) Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "India Hampī".
- catalog spatial "Vijayanagar (Empire)".
- catalog subject "338.4/7/00095487 21".
- catalog subject "Artisans India Hampī History.".
- catalog subject "HC438.H36 S57 2003".
- catalog subject "Industries India Hampī History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "The political economy of craft production : crafting empire in South India, c. 1350-1650 / Carla M. Sinopoli.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".