Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal

Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 382
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ISBN-10 : 9781487502843
ISBN-13 : 1487502842
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Download or read book Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal written by Faith E. Beasley and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the prevailing images of India derived from nineteenth-century "orientalism," Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal identifies and explores the traces that exposure to India left on the cultural artifacts and mindset of France's "Great Century."


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