Publication

2014 - Voltaire Foundation, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

85,250 words, Guess

Page Count

341 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780729410809
  • Better World BooksP8-BDX-631
  • Open LibraryOL30996052M

Classifications

  • DDC303.482540409033
  • LCCDS450.E86 I53 2014
  • LCCDS446.5

Description

"The long eighteenth century was a period of major transformation for Europe and India as imperialism heralded a new global order. Eschewing the reductive perspectives of nation-state histories and postcolonial 'east vs west' oppositions, contributors to India and Europe in the global eighteenth century put forward a more nuanced and interdisciplinary analysis. Using eastern as well as western sources, authors present fresh insights into European and Indian relations and highlight: how anxieties over war and piracy shaped commercial activity; how French, British and Persian histories of India reveal the different geo-political issues at stake; the material legacy of India in European cultural life; how novels parodied popular views of the Orient and provided counter-narratives to images of India as the site of corruption; how social transformations, traditionally characterised as 'Mughal decline', in effect forged new global connections that informed political culture into the nineteenth century."--Page 4 of cover.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment -- 2014:01

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