The Lace Makers of Narsapur

Maria Mies is a German scholar and activist who lives in Cologne. She is the author of numerous groundbreaking works on women and globalisation.

Preface to the 2012 Edition; Preface to the 1982 Edition; Introduction; The Setting: West Godavari; Population Characteristics & Work Participation; Poverty & Pauperisation in a Rich District; Womens Work Participation in West Godavari; Unemployment; 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; The Lace Industry in 1978; Structure of the Industry; A Submerged Economy & Invisible Producers; Means of Production & the Production Process; Division of Work & the Putting-Out System; Wages & Wage Systems; Marketing & Marketing Agents; Production & Reproduction Relations; The Setting & Methodology; Case Histories of Lace Producers, Agents, Traders, Exporters; Female Producers: The Lace Makers; Male Non-Producers: Agents, Traders & Exporters; Demographic & Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Lace Makers; Marital Status; Class; Caste; Education; Production Relations; Lace Workers/Exporters; Lace Workers/Agents; Lace Workers/Traders; Agents/Exporters; Reproduction Relations; Division of Labour Between the Sexes; Sexual Division of Labour within Society; Sexual Division of Labour within the Family; Lace Production & Changes in the Sexual Division of Labour; Womens Work & Labour Time; The Working Day of a Lace Maker; Types of Work; Labour Time; Income & Expenditure; Indebtedness & Pauperisation; Profits & Exploitation; Problems of Organisation; The Lace Workers Consciousness; The Possibility of Forming a Society; The Role of the Bureacracy; Our Role; Conclusions; Suggestions; Bibliography.