ISBN:
0521770556
Language:
English
Pages:
xxii, 443 p. S.
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2005 Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Strathern, Alan Travel and ethnology in the Renaissance. South India through European eyes, 1250–1625. By Joan-Pau Rubiés. (Past and Present Publications.) Pp. xxii+446 incl. 12 plates and 2 maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. £45. 0521 77055 6 2002
Series Statement:
Past and present publications
Parallel Title:
Print version Travel and Ethnology in the Renaissance : South India through European Eyes, 1250-1625
DDC:
915.4042
Keywords:
Ethnology History
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Ethnology ; Europe ; History
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Electronic books
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India, South Description and travel
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Electronic books History
;
Reisebericht 1250-1625
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-422) and index
Abstract:
This book is a major contribution to the study of the encounter between Europeans and non-Europeans in the early modern period and to a neglected aspect of the cultural transformation of Europe throughout the Renaissance. The book proposes a novel approach to the study of European attitudes towards non-Europeans
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; A note on spelling and vocabulary; 1. In search of India: the empire of Vijayanagara through European eyes; 2. Marco Polo's India and the Latin Christian tradition; 3. Establishing lay science: the merchant and the humanist; 4. Ludovico de Varthema: the curious traveller at the time of Vasco da Gama and Columbus; 5. The Portuguese and Vijayanagara: politics, religion and classification; 6. The practice of ethnography: Indian customs and castes
Description / Table of Contents:
7. The social and political order: Vijayanagara decoded8. The historical dimension: from native traditions to European orientalism; 9. The missionary discovery of South Indian religion: opening the doors of idolatry; 10. From humanism to scepticism: the independent traveller in the seventeenth century; Conclusion: Before orientalism; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-422) and index
,
Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
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