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The role of religions in the European perception of insular and mainland Southeast Asia : travel accounts of the 16th to the 21st century /
For people nowadays, the constant exchange of people, goods and ideas and their interaction across wide distances are a part of everyday life. However, such encounters and interregional links are by no means only a recent phenomenon, although the forms they have taken in the course of history have v...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For people nowadays, the constant exchange of people, goods and ideas and their interaction across wide distances are a part of everyday life. However, such encounters and interregional links are by no means only a recent phenomenon, although the forms they have taken in the course of history have varied. It goes without saying that travel to distant regions was spurred by various interests, first and foremost economic and imperialist policies, which reached an initial climax around 1500 with the European expansion to the Americas and into the Indian Ocean. The motivations of European travelle. |
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| Notas: | Based on papers presented at the conference "The mutual perception of Europe and insular Southeast Asia in travel reports: the role of religions" held at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, August 30-31, 2013 |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-287) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443899222 1443899224 |