Europe's India : : Words, People, Empires, 1500-1800 / / Sanjay Subrahmanyam.

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 chan...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 22 halftones, 3 maps
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Other title:Frontmatter --
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 Eu rope --
ABBREVIATIONS --
NOTES --
INDEX
Summary: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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674977532
9783110649826
9783110540550
9783110625264
9783110547764
9783110543315
DOI:10.4159/9780674977532
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Sanjay Subrahmanyam.