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Challenging the prevailing images of India derived from nineteenth-century orientalism, Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal identifies and explores the traces that exposure to India left on the cultural artifacts and mindset of France's Great Century.

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"This book skillfully raises tensions between the nature of absolutism and foreign influence." -- Susan Mokhberi, Rutgers University at Camden * H-France Review, vol 19 no. 168, August '19 *
"This rich and timely work combines close analysis of texts, images, and objects with historical contextualization and broad methodological reflections." -- Olivia Tolley, Jesus College, Cambridge * French Studies *

Table of Contents
Introduction: Reconstructing the Past 1. Communities and Conversation 2. Salons, Seraglios, and Social Networking 3. ‘Think Different:’ Fables, Philosophy, and Diversity 4. ‘La Guerre des Etoffes:’ A Taste for India

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: 1/2/2018 12:03:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781487502843, 978-1487502843
      ISBN10: 1487502842
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      European history: Renaissance

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Challenging the prevailing images of India derived from nineteenth-century orientalism, Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal identifies and explores the traces that exposure to India left on the cultural artifacts and mindset of France's Great Century.

      Trade Review
      "This book skillfully raises tensions between the nature of absolutism and foreign influence." -- Susan Mokhberi, Rutgers University at Camden * H-France Review, vol 19 no. 168, August '19 *
      "This rich and timely work combines close analysis of texts, images, and objects with historical contextualization and broad methodological reflections." -- Olivia Tolley, Jesus College, Cambridge * French Studies *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Reconstructing the Past 1. Communities and Conversation 2. Salons, Seraglios, and Social Networking 3. ‘Think Different:’ Fables, Philosophy, and Diversity 4. ‘La Guerre des Etoffes:’ A Taste for India

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