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Yankee India by Susan S. Bean
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adult
- Inscribed
- NO
- ISBN
- 9781890206291
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mapin Publishing Pvt. The Limited
ISBN-10
1890206296
ISBN-13
9781890206291
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1914610
Product Key Features
Book Title
Yankee India : American Commercial and Cultural Encounters with India in the Age of Sail 1784-1860
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Commerce, Economic Conditions, International Relations / General, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Asia / India & South Asia
Publication Year
2006
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
50.5 Oz
Item Length
11.2 in
Item Width
9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-111446
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
382/.0973054
Synopsis
Built around mariners' journals of their pioneering voyages, Yankee India charts the early development of commercial and cultural relations between the United States and India in the Age of Sail. The end of colonial rule in 1783 had given American merchants and ship owners the freedom to trade in Asia. Voyages from ports along the eastern seaboard were the first American links to the distant and exotic culture of India. Mariners' journals and letters speak of encounters with vastly different ways of life that sometimes challenged and sometimes reinforced ideas about decorum, religion, and morality and that influenced attitudes toward imperialism, legitimate rule, and free trade. Material embodiments of India at the time -- prints, paintings, and figurines depicting Indian scenes and people; "hubble-bubbles", "idols", fans and other souvenirs; as well as goods like bandannas, palampores (bed covers), and shawls-augment and illustrate the story. Previously untapped archives and collections of the Peabody Essex Museum, whose founders were captains and supercargoes in the Asia trade, provide the principal resources. These first encounters between the United States and India in the Age of Sail laid the foundation for American views of India and contributed to the development of American and Indian national and cultural sensibilities. Yankee India brings this important but little known episode to a wide range of readers interested in the histories of the United States and India, and in the impacts of intercultural encounters.
LC Classification Number
HF3121.B43 2001
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