Pious Labor: Islam, Artisanship, and Technology in Colonial India

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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, working—class people across northern India found themselves negotiating rapid industrial change, emerging technologies, and class hierarchies. In response to these changes, Indian Muslim artisans began publicly asserting the deep relation between their religion and their ...