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Orientalism in early modern France : Eurasian trade, exoticism, and the Ancien Régime by Ina Baghdiantz McCabe; ebrary, Inc.; Ebooks Corporation is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Francis I's ties with the Ottoman Empire marked the birth of court-sponsored Orientalism in France. Under Louis XIV, French society was transformed by cross-cultural contacts with the Ottomans, India, Persia, China, Siam and the Americas. The consumption of silk, cotton cloth, spices, coffee, tea, china, gems, flowers and other luxury goods transformed daily life and gave rise to a new discourse about the 'Orient' which in turn shaped ideas about economy and politics, specifically absolutism and the monarchy. An original account of the ancient regime, this book highlights France's use of the exotic and analyzes French discourse about Islam and the 'Orient'.

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Author

Ina Baghdiantz McCabe; ebrary, Inc.; Ebooks Corporation

Publisher

Berg Publishers

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847884633

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Political Science