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	Pashmina: The Kashmir Shawl And Beyond by Janet Rizvi Wth Monisha Ahmed
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CONTENTS

Preface and Acknowledgements

Maps

Introduction "A Felicitous Conjunction"

Part 1 THE FIBRE
Chapter 1 Pashm and Other Animal Fibres
Toosh and the Tibetan Antelope
Chapter 2 Changra and Changpa: The Goats and
Their Herders Monisha Ahmed
Chapter 3 From Changthang to Srinagar:
The Pashm Trade
The Trade in History
The Contemporary Trade Monisha Ahmed

Part 2 THE TEXTILE
Chapter 4 Spinners, Weavers, and
Needleworkers
Assembled and Recycled Shawls
Chapter 5 Design and Designers

Part 3 THE HISTORY
Chapter 6 Early History: Conjecture and
Speculation
Chapter 7 The Mughal Period
Chapter 8 The Iran Connection: the Termeh
Chapter 9 The Business in the 19th Century
Shawls in the Punjab

Part 4 BY LAND AND SEA
Chapter 10The Kashmir Shawl in India
Chapter 11 The Kashmir Shawl in Iran, West Asia,
and Russia
Chapter 12 Shawls in the West

Part 5 CASHMERE AND KASHMIR
Chapter 13 Beyond the Shawl: Pashmina Becomes
Cashmere
The West Discovers the Fibre
Cashmere: A Global Product
Never out of Fashion:
Cashmere Worldwide Monisha Ahmed
Chapter 14 Meanwhile, Back in the Valley …

Appendix I Myths, Misconceptions, and Oddities
Appendix II Terminology and Glossary
Notes and References
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Index
ISBN - 8185026904/ 9788185026909

Pages : 324