| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 443 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Past and present publications
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Past and present publications.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-422) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; A note on spelling and vocabulary; 1. In search of India: the empire of Vijayanagara through European eyes; 2. Marco Polo's India and the Latin Christian tradition; 3. Establishing lay science: the merchant and the humanist; 4. Ludovico de Varthema: the curious traveller at the time of Vasco da Gama and Columbus; 5. The Portuguese and Vijayanagara: politics, religion and classification; 6. The practice of ethnography: Indian customs and castes. |
| Summary |
This book is a major contribution to the study of the encounter between Europeans and non-Europeans in the early modern period and to a neglected aspect of the cultural transformation of Europe throughout the Renaissance. The book proposes a novel approach to the study of European attitudes towards non-Europeans. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Europe -- History.
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Ethnology. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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India, South -- Description and travel.
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South India. |
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India, South -- Description and travel -- History. |
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India, South -- Foreign public opinion -- History -- Sources. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rubiés, Joan Pau. Travel and ethnology in the Renaissance. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 (DLC) 2001267152 |
| ISBN |
0511156065 |
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9780511156069 |
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0511118295 (electronic book) |
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9780511118296 (electronic book) |
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9780511496608 (electronic book) |
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0511496605 (electronic book) |
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9780511018718 (electronic book) |
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0511018711 (electronic book) |
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9780511049361 (electronic book) |
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0511049366 (electronic book) |
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1280159006 |
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9781280159008 |
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0521770556 |
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0521526132 (Cloth) |
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9780521770552 |
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9780521526135 |
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