Orientalism in Early Modern France: Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien Régime - Hardcover

McCabe, Ina Baghdiantz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845203747 ISBN 13: 9781845203740

Publisher: Berg Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

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 science, economy and politics, and against absolutist 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'.

About this title

About the Author:

Ina Baghdiantz McCabe is Darakjian Jafarian Professor of History, Tufts University

Review:

McCabe has produced an excellent reference work for the researcher in quest of detailed factual information about myriad aspects of early modern France's intellectual, cultural, and economic relations with the Orient. An ambitiously wide-ranging book with exceptionally interesting content. Julia Landweber, Montclair State University, for H-France Review This erudite book has much of interest to a broad range of scholars F. J. Baumgartner (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) - CHOICE Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1845203747
• ISBN 13: 9781845203740
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416