Author

Publication

2001 - Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

102,000 words, Guess

Page Count

408 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780804739450
  • Open LibraryOL6796111M

Classifications

  • DDC949.72
  • LCCDR1628 .W65 2001
  • LCCDR1628

Description

"This book studies the nature of Venetian rule over the Slavs of Dalmatia during the eighteenth century, focusing on the cultural elaboration of an ideology of empire that was based on a civilizing mission toward the Slavs. The book argues that the Enlightenment within the "Adriatic Empire" of Venice was deeply concerned with exploring the economic and social dimensions of backwardness in Dalmatia, in accordance with the evolving distinction between "Western Europe" and "Eastern Europe" across the continent. It further argues that the primitivism attributed to Dalmatians by the Venetian Enlightenment was fundamental to the European intellectual discovery of the Slavs."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryRelationsBeeldvormingCivilizationInternational relations15.70 history of EuropeVerlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)

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