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Gift of the Conquerors : Hand Paper-Making in India by Alexandra Soteriou (2006, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMapin Publishing Pvt. The Limited

ISBN-100944142567

ISBN-139780944142561

eBay Product ID (ePID)597963

Product Key Features

Book TitleGift of the Conquerors : Hand Paper-Making in India

Number of Pages248 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPapercrafts, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Asian / Indian & South Asian

Publication Year2006

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Technology & Engineering, Crafts & Hobbies

AuthorAlexandra Soteriou

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight87.6 Oz

Item Length12.7 in

Item Width11.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN96-078657

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal676.0954

SynopsisComprehensive and detailed, this book traces the nearly thousand year history of hand papermaking in India, from the ancient sites in Gilgit and the Himalayas, through heartland Mathura, Agra, Daulatabad to the western sites in Rajasthan and Gujarat, to Pondicherry on the Bay of Bengal. Illustrated with numerous colour photographs, the story is revealed through India's visual art: books, miniatures, drawing scrolls, talismans, papier m Interwoven with religion, political conquest and repression, the discovery of papermaking ruins, and formulas, methods, memories and migration routes recalles by Kagzi, the traditional papermaking families, Gift of Conquerors creates a rich historic picture not seen before. An Indo American Fellowship/Fulbright Grant led anthropologist and papermaker Alexandra Soteriou to search for India's paper tradition in 1985. In the years hat followed she continued her fieldwork in India, Pakistan and Nepal, eventually becoming a consultant for UNIDO and USAID commissioned to help revitalize the papermaking craft.

LC Classification NumberTS1095.I5S67 1999b