Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures vii
4. List of contributors xi
5. Acknowledgements xiv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Literary visions of craft and cooperation in the European handmade lace revival, c. 1840–1914 25
8. 2 Work of hands 55
9. 3 Thinking Anglo-American industrial relief through Armenian needlework in the late 1890s 75
10. 4 Emily Hobhouse and the Koppies Lace School, 1908–1926 97
11. 5 Beyond gratitude 119
12. 6 Threads of friendship 140
13. 7 Politics woven as missionary craft 159
14. 8 Caught in the net 182
15. 9 Crafting communist paternalism 206
16. 10 Humanitarian handicrafts as (dis)empowerment of women ‘left behind’ 224
17. 11 Humanitarian handicrafts 254
18. Afterword 269
19. Index 279