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Distant Lands and Diverse Cultures
The French Experience in Asia, 1600-1700
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Description
Utilizing contemporary accounts of India, China, Siam and the Levant, this study provides rich detail about these exotic lands and explores the priorities that shaped and motivated these bold envoys and chroniclers. Ames and Love offer a fascinating look at the symbiotic nature of cross-cultural interaction between France and the major trading regions of the Indian Ocean basin during the 17th century. During this period of intense French interest in the rich trade and cultures of the region, Louis XIV and his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert in particular were concerned with encouraging French travelers, both clerical and lay, to explore and document these lands. Among the accounts included here are those of François Bernier, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, and François Pyrard.
Because these accounts reflect as much about the structures and priorities of France as they do about the cultures they describe, Ames and Love hope their analysis bridges the gap between studies on early modern France and those on the major Asiatic countries of the same period. Their findings challenge the current thinking in the study of early modern France by demonstrating that overseas expansion to Asia was of considerable importance and interest to all segments of French society. Specialists in traditional internal French history will find much in this study of European expansion to complement and supplement their research.Spécifications
Parties prenantes
- Editeur:
Contenu
- Nombre de pages :
- 288
- Langue:
- Anglais
- Collection :
- Tome:
- n° 45
Caractéristiques
- EAN:
- 9780313308642
- Date de parution :
- 30-07-03
- Format:
- Livre relié
- Format numérique:
- Genaaid
- Dimensions :
- 163 mm x 236 mm
- Poids :
- 566 g
