Lace Makers of Narsapur by Maria, Mies -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Author Page Title Page Copyright Page Content Page Preface to the 2012 edition Preface to the 1982 edition Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Setting – West Godavari

Population Characteristics and Work Participation Poverty and Pauperisation in a Rich District Women’s Work Participation in West Godavari Unemployment

3. The History of the Lace Industry

Colonial Penetration The Development of the Lace Industry, 1900–70 The Rise of the Farmer Merchants in the Lace Business

4. The Lace Industry in 1978 5. Structure of the Industry

A ‘Submerged Economy’ and Invisible Producers Means of Production and the Production Process Division of Work and the Putting-out System Wages and Wage Systems Marketing and Marketing Agents

6. Production and Reproduction Relations

The Setting and Methodology Case Stories of Lace Producers, Agents, Traders, Exporters

(a) Female Producers: The Lace Makers (b) Male Non-Producers: Agents, Traders, Exporters

Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Lace Makers

(a) Marital Status (b) Class (c) Caste (d) Education

Production Relations

(1) Lace Workers/Exporters (2) Lace Workers/Agents (3) Lace Workers/Traders (4) Agents/Exporters

Reproduction Relations Division of Labour Between the Sexes

Women’s Work and Labour Time

(a) The Working Day of a Lace Maker (b) Types of Work (c) Labour Time

Income and Expenditure

(a) Income (b) Expenditure

Indebtedness and Pauperisation

7. Profits and Exploitation 8. Problems of Organisation

The Lace Workers’ Consciousness The Possibility of Forming a Society The Role of the Bureaucracy Our Role

9. Conclusions

Suggestions

Bibliography Appendix: Adilakshmi’s Working Day