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Author Baghdiantz McCabe, Ina.

Title Orientalism in early modern France : Eurasian trade, exoticism, and the Ancien Régime / Ina Baghdiantz McCabe.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Berg, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 409 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-398) and index.
Summary Francis I's ties with the Ottoman Empire marked the birth of court-sponsored Orientalism in France. Under Louis XIV, French society was transformed by cross-cultural contacts with the Ottomans, India, Persia, China, Siam and the Americas. The consumption of silk, cotton cloth, spices, coffee, tea, china, gems, flowers and other luxury goods transformed daily life and gave rise to a new discourse about the 'Orient' which in turn shaped ideas about science, economy and politics, and against absolutist monarchy.
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Subject France -- Civilization -- Asian influences.
France.
Civilization.
France -- Relations -- Asia.
Relations.
Asia.
Asia -- Relations -- France.
Chronological Term 1589-1789
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: McCabe, Ina Baghdiantz. Orientalism in early modern France. Oxford ; New York : Berg, ©2008 9781845203740 1845203747 (DLC) 2008001197 (OCoLC)154789451
ISBN 9781847884633 (electronic book)
1847884636 (electronic book)
1845203747 (cloth)
9781845203740 (cloth)