Handloom weaving: "Why did the Indians, whose cotton textile technology was the world’s most advanced and whose export of textile production was by far the
greatest until 1800, not carry through the Industrial Revolution?" ("World accumulation [1492-1789]", André Gunder Frank, Algora Publishing, New York, 1978: 259)
country: India
year: 1983
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![Handloom weaving: "Why did the Indians, whose cotton textile technology was the world’s most advanced and whose export of textile production was by far the
greatest until 1800, not carry through the Industrial Revolution?" ("World accumulation [1492-1789]", André Gunder Frank, Algora Publishing, New York, 1978: 259)](https://encyclopaediaphilatelica.net/storage/uploads/5bdb97658ca2e-phpjpxgwx.jpeg)