
India in the French Imagination
Peripheral Voices, 1754-1815
Kate Marsh(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 21. January 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-138-66381-7 (ISBN)
Description
Examines metropolitan French-language representations of India from the period between the recall of Dupleix to France to the Second Treaty of Paris. This book explores what a European power, territorially peripheral in India, thought of both India and the administrative rule there of its rival, Britain.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-66381-7 (9781138663817)
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Content
Introduction; Chapter 1 The French Presence in India Between 1754 and 1815: from the 'Beaux Jours Du Gouvernement De Dupleix' to Annihilation?; Chapter 2 Constructing India as Other : Fiction, Travelogues and Ambassadors; Chapter 3 Emasculating India: The Indienne, Feminization and Female Writers; Chapter 4 Mythical India; Chapter 5 Historical India: Narratives of the Past; Chapter 6 The Philosophes, 'Anticolonialism' and the Rule of the British East India Company; Chapter 7 Conclusion;