| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 394 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Before and beyond "orientalism" -- On the Indo-Portuguese moment -- The question of "Indian religion" -- Of co-production: the case of James Fraser, 1730-50 -- The transition to colonial knowledge -- By way of conclusion: India's Europe |
| Summary |
Europe's India tracks the changing place of India in the European imagination over three centuries, by looking closely at a varied cast of actors and sites of interaction, from ports and coastal enclaves to inland courts. The opening of the Cape Route by Vasco da Gama in 1498 created a new set of conditions for dealings between Europe and India (and Asia more generally). In the decades that followed, many different Europeans - traders, military men, missionaries and others - came to India, and produced a set of images regarding the sub-continent that left a deep imprint on the European imagination. Initially, the Europeans were relatively minor actors on the fringes of India, but over time they came to occupy a situation of power, especially after about 1750. The particular strength of this book is its close examination of a number of individual agents, acting both within the European empires, and at their fringes. Though the central axis is that between Europe and India, this is equally a larger exercise in a global and connected history of the early modern world.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 28, 2017) |
| Subject |
Europeans -- Attitudes -- History
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Orientalism -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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Civilization -- European influences
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Civilization -- Indic influences
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Europeans -- Attitudes
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Orientalism
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Public opinion, European
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Civilization -- Indic influences.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045651
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India -- Civilization -- European influences.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064877
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India -- Foreign public opinion, European -- History
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| Subject |
Europe
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India
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016036668 |
| ISBN |
9780674977532 |
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067497753X |
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0674977556 |
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9780674977556 |
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