 | Inventing Exoticism: Geography, Globalism, and Europe''s Early Modern World Subjects: Europe -- Civilization -- Foreign influences; Geography -- Europe -- History -- 17th century; Geography -- Europe -- History -- 18th century; Exoticism in art -- Europe; Exoticism in literature; Europe -- Civilization -- History -- 17th century; Europe --; Lavishly illustrated and impressively interdisciplinary, Inventing Exoticism narrates a vital chapter in the history of European exoticism and Europe's perception of its place in the world. It traces the production and consumption of early modern exotic imagery to elucidate processes of cultural mediation in an earlier age of empire. Benjamin Schmidt is Professor of History at the University of Washington, Seattle, and author of several books, including the prize-winning Innocence Abroad: The Dutch Imagination and the New World. |
