Kolkatar Kutir Shilpa by Dipak Kumar Bara Panda [Hardcover]

"Cottage industry products of old Kolkata are important not only from an artistic perspective but also from a historical one. While the history of aristocratic machine-driven industries is known, there is almost no information about the cottage industry artisans who quietly created cottage industries in the lanes and alleys of Kolkata, which can be categorized as folk art. Yet, these artisans are numerous, active, and very busy in the art world. 'Cottage Industries of Kolkata' is a diligent effort. From the British era to the present, it discusses who were and are engaged in cottage industries, what skills they had in various crafts, their social and economic conditions, which cottage industries were excellent, how buying and selling took place, which areas had which industries, the family and social lives of the artisans, the future of cottage industries, how they can be preserved, and the role of cottage industries in economic development. This book is of interest to everyone, from researchers to general readers."