TY  - GEN
T1  - Global gifts : the material culture of diplomacy in early modern Eurasia
T2  - Studies in comparative world history.
A2  - Biedermann, Zoltán
A2  - Gerritson, Anne, 1967-
A2  - Riello, Giorgio
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2018
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/Cambridge_open_access_CR9781108233880
AB  - This anthology explores the role that art and material goods played in diplomatic relations and political exchanges between Asia, Africa, and Europe in the early modern world. The authors challenge the idea that there was a European primacy in the practice of gift giving through a wide panoramic review of imperial encounters between Europeans (including the Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English) and Asian empires (including Ottoman, Persian, Mughal, Sri Lankan, Chinese, and Japanese cases). They examine how those exchanges influenced the global production and circulation of art and material culture, and explore the types of gifts exchanged, the chosen materials, and the manner of their presentation. Global Gifts establishes new parameters for the study of the material and aesthetic culture of Eurasian relations before 1800, exploring the meaning of artistic objects in global diplomacy and the existence of economic and aesthetic values mutually intelligible across cultural boundaries.
OP  - 301
NO  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).
CN  - D397 .G56 2018
SN  - 9781108233880 (ebook)
SN  - 9781108415507 (hardback)
SN  - 9781108401500 (paperback)
SN  - 9781108415507
KW  - Diplomatic gifts : Europe : History.
KW  - Diplomatic gifts : Asia : History.
KW  - Material culture : Political aspects : Europe : History.
KW  - Material culture : Political aspects : Asia : History.
KW  - World politics : To 1900.
ER  -