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Europe’s India: Words, People, Empires, 1500-1800

By Sanjay Subrahmanyam

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780674977556, 0674977556
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31646344 bytes)
Edition
Illustrated
Pages
416\415
Time added
2022-02-18 10:22:07

Description

When Portuguese explorers first arrived in India, the maritime passage initiated an exchange of goods as well as ideas. European ambassadors, missionaries, soldiers, and scholars who followed produced a body of knowledge that shaped European thought about India. Sanjay Subrahmanyam tracks these changing ideas over the entire early modern period. Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Introduction: Before and Beyond “Orientalism” 1. On the Indo-Portuguese Moment 2. The Question of “Indian Religion” 3. Of Coproduction: The Case of James Fraser, 1730–1750 4. The Transition to Colonial Knowledge By Way of Conclusion: On India’s Europe Abbreviations Notes Index

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