{"product_id":"versailles-meets-the-taj-mahal-9781487502843","title":"Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChallenging 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 * \u003cem\u003eFrench Studies\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: 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","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359449743703,"sku":"9781487502843","price":59.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487502843.jpg?v=1754124683","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/versailles-meets-the-taj-mahal-9781487502843","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}