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1 online resource (xvii, 394 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
In English. |
Subject |
Europe -- Civilization -- Indic influences.
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Europe. |
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Civilization. |
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India -- Civilization -- European influences.
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India. |
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India -- Foreign public opinion, European -- History.
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History. |
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Europeans -- Attitudes -- History.
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Orientalism -- History.
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Europeans -- Attitudes. |
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Europeans. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Orientalism. |
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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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Public opinion, European. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Europe's India. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2017] 9780674972261 0674972260 (DLC) 2016036668 (OCoLC)956775335 |
ISBN |
9780674977532 (electronic book) |
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067497753X (electronic book) |
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9780674972261 |
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0674972260 |
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0674977556 |
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9780674977556 |
Standard No. |
10.4159/9780674977532 |
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