INDIGENOUS INDUSTRIES OF ASSAM
RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Year: 2005
144pp
ISBN: 9788183640053 (HB) · Hardback
The book provides a historical background of the indigenous crafts and industries of the region and discusses the prospects of sericulture, handloom, cane and bamboo, horticulture, floriculture, masks industries in national and international market. It not only analyses the causes of stagnation but also suggest probable remedies.
The book may be useful for policy makers and students of management & economics.
Prof. Priyam Goswami is Head of the Department of History, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam and was a Fellow of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.
PREFACE, INTRODUCTION
SECTION I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF INDIGENOUS INDUSTRIES OF ASSAM
SILK, COTTON, HANDLOOM INDUSTRY, RHEA AND JUTE, LAC, GOLD WASHING AND JEWELLERY MAKING, METAL WORK, TIMBER, POTTERY AND EARTHENWARE, BONES-TUSKS-HORNS-HIDES AND FURS, BAMBOO AND CANE, MASKS DOMESTIC ECONOMY-A VIEW
SECTION II: PROSPECTS OF INDIGENOUS INDUSTRIES
SERICULTURE, HANDLOOM AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY, CANE AND BAMBOO, HORTICULTURE, FLORICULTURE, MASKS, MISCELLANEOUS, RESOURCE MOBILISATION, CONCLUSION
INDEX