TY - BOOK ID - 68084735 TI - Orientalism in early modern France : Eurasian trade, exoticism and the Ancien Régime PY - 2008 SN - 9781845203740 1845203747 9786612286063 1282286064 1847884636 9781847884633 PB - Oxford ; New York : Berg, DB - UniCat KW - France KW - Asia KW - Civilization KW - Asian influences. KW - Relations KW - Foreign relations KW - Asian and Pacific Council countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia KW - Bro-C'hall KW - Fa-kuo KW - Fa-lan-hsi KW - Faguo KW - Falanxi KW - Falanxi Gongheguo KW - Faransā KW - Farānsah KW - França KW - Francia (Republic) KW - Francija KW - Francja KW - Francland KW - Francuska KW - Franis KW - Franḳraykh KW - Frankreich KW - Frankrig KW - Frankrijk KW - Frankrike KW - Frankryk KW - Fransa KW - Fransa Respublikası KW - Franse KW - Franse Republiek KW - Frant︠s︡ KW - Frant︠s︡ Uls KW - Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika KW - Frantsyi︠a︡ KW - Franza KW - French Republic KW - Frencisc Cynewīse KW - Frenska republika KW - Furansu KW - Furansu Kyōwakoku KW - Gallia KW - Gallia (Republic) KW - Gallikē Dēmokratia KW - Hyãsia KW - Parancis KW - Peurancih KW - Phransiya KW - Pransiya KW - Pransya KW - Prantsusmaa KW - Pʻŭrangsŭ KW - Ranska KW - República Francesa KW - Republica Franzesa KW - Republika Francuska KW - Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit KW - Republikang Pranses KW - République française KW - Tsarfat KW - Tsorfat KW - Γαλλική Δημοκρατία KW - Γαλλία KW - Франц KW - Франц Улс KW - Французская Рэспубліка KW - Францыя KW - Франция KW - Френска република KW - פראנקרייך KW - צרפת KW - רפובליקה הצרפתית KW - فرانسه KW - فرنسا KW - フランス KW - フランス共和国 KW - 法国 KW - 法蘭西 KW - 法蘭西共和國 KW - 프랑스 KW - France (Provisional government, 1944-1946) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:68084735 AB - 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 e ER -