India in the French Imagination
Peripheral Voices, 1754-1815
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:1st Apr '09
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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.
'Utilizing postcolonial theory to understand the importance of India to France, intellectually and politically, is something that Marsh does particularly well, and her focus on the intersections between history and fiction will appeal to historians and other social scientists typically unconvinced by the importance of the imagination to historical subjects.' H-Net 'Marsh offers a straightforward, well-constructed narrative that makes two important contributions to the study of empire in general and French imperialism in particular - the first on French India itself, the second on intellectual colonialism in general.' Canadian Journal of History
ISBN: 9781851969944
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Weight: 453g
224 pages