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BL
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1026716
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b781086
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| Main Entry
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Sinopoli, Carla M.
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| Title & Author
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The political economy of craft production : : crafting empire in South India, c. 1350-1650 /\ Carla M. Sinopoli.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2003.
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1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0511062559
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: 0511071019
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: 0521826136
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: 1280431172
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: 9780511062551
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: 9780511071010
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: 9780511489648
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: 9780521826136
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: 9781280431173
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0521826136
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9780521174169
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-341) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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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Artisans-- India-- Hampi-- History.
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Industries-- India-- Hampi-- History.
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Artisans.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Service.
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Economic history.
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Industries.
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Hampi (India), Economic conditions.
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Vijayanagar (Empire)
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Asia, Vijayanagar (Empire)
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India, Hampi.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.4/7/00095487
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HC438.H36S57 2003eb
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