Ethnography and Encounter The Dutch and English in Seventeenth-Century South Asia.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: van Meersbergen, Guido
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : BRILL, 2021.
Colección:European Expansion and Indigenous Response Ser.
Temas:
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie > History > 17th century.
East India Company > History > 17th century.
South Asians > Social life and customs.
Dutch > Attitudes > History > 17th century.
English > Attitudes > History > 17th century.
Sud-Asiatiques > Mœurs et coutumes.
Néerlandais > Attitudes > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Anglais > Attitudes > Histoire > 17e siècle.
South Asia > Social conditions.
Asie méridionale > Conditions sociales.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • General Series Editor's Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Maps and Figures
  • Maps
  • Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Glossary
  • Introduction
  • Ethnography and Encounter
  • Company Writing
  • The East India Companies in Seventeenth-Century South Asia
  • Plan of the Book
  • Part 1: Corporate Ethnography
  • 1. Company Writing and Early Modern Ethnography
  • Ethnography on Early Expeditions
  • Instructions: Cordiality and Caution
  • Civility and Barbarism
  • Despotism
  • Character and Complexion
  • "Moors" and "Gentiles"
  • 2. Writing Routines and the Making of Company Discourse
  • 'Continuall and True Iournalls'
  • The VOC's Memoir for the Writing of Reports
  • The Logic of Company Writing
  • Part 2: Accommodation and Conflict
  • 3. Trade Relations and Representations: The EIC and VOC in Gujarat
  • 'The Only Key to Open All the Rich and Best Trades'
  • Brokerage and Trust
  • 4. 'No Thing but Feare Keepes a Moore in Awe': Local Conflict and Quotidian Exchange
  • Raids and Retaliations
  • Mutual Accommodations and Quotidian Exchange
  • Part 3: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange
  • 5. Ceremonies of Submission: Diplomacy in a Mughal Register
  • Diplomacy and Mughal Court Culture
  • The Companies and Khilʼat
  • Diplomatic Communication and Self-Representation
  • 6. Gratifying Mughal Tastes: Company Gift-Giving Strategies
  • Local Tastes and Global Gifts
  • Gifts and Interaction Ritual
  • Gift-Giving and Ethnographic Discourse
  • Part 4: The Birth of Company Settlements
  • 7. 'Safe Habitations': Colonial Settlement in Ceylon and Madras
  • 'Under Your Owne Command': The Settling of Madras
  • 'A Permanent Colony': Establishing Dutch Power on Ceylon
  • 8. Governing Pluriform Populations: Company Rule in an Asian Setting
  • The EIC and Mestization
  • Cultures of Governance: The Case of Madras
  • Governing "Others": Voc Rule on Ceylon
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Archives
  • Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia, Jakarta (ANRI)
  • Bodleian Library, Oxford
  • British Library, London (BL)
  • Maharashtra State Archives, Mumbai (MSA)
  • Nationaal Archief, The Hague (NL-HaNA)
  • Printed Primary Sources
  • Secondary Literature
  • Index

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