Europe's India : words, people, empires, 1500-1800 /

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Europe's India tracks the changing place of India in the European imagination over three centuries, by looking closely at a varied cast of actors and sites of interaction, from ports and coastal enclaves to inland courts. The opening of the Cape Route by Vasco da Gama in 1498 created a new set...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Subrahmanyam, Sanjay
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London: Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Europeans > Attitudes > History.
Orientalism > History.
Europe > Civilization > Indic influences.
India > Civilization > European influences.
India > Foreign public opinion, European > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Before and beyond "orientalism"
  • On the Indo-Portuguese moment
  • The question of "Indian religion"
  • Of co-production: the case of James Fraser, 1730-50
  • The transition to colonial knowledge
  • By way of conclusion: India's Europe.

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