India and Europe in the Global Eighteenth Century
Author | : Simon F. Davies |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 0729410803 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780729410809 |
Rating | : 4/5 (809 Downloads) |
Download or read book India and Europe in the Global Eighteenth Century written by Simon F. Davies and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.