The Lace Makers of Narsapur

Monograph on rural employment, social status and economic conditions of woman workers in lace textile handicrafts production in Narsapur, Andhara Pradesh, India - considers subsistence production (poverty) and unemployment among rural women, analyses caste dichotomies in the historical development of the industry, and describes means of production, sexual division of labour, wages, marketing, production relations and demographic aspects. Bibliography and graphs.