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Orientalism in Early Modern France: Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien Régime

Orientalism in Early Modern France: Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien Régime Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 14, No. 4, December 2012, pp. 468–479 Book Reviews Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Orientalism in Early Modern France: Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien Re´gime (Berg, Oxford and New York, 2008), vi 1 409 pp., ISBN 978-1-84520-374-0 (Hbk), £60.00 Ina Baghdiantz McCabe’s study of the birth of French orientalism and the role of Eurasian trade in shaping ancien re ´gime France is a welcome contribution to the history of European encounters with the region we call today the Middle East. The book’s central premise is that French orientalism did not start with Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt, but can be traced back to the first diplomatic and commercial relations between the French and the Ottomans at the beginning of the sixteenth century. In the author ’s own words, ‘The earlier history of French Orientalism is less well known. This book is as much about the orientalizing of France and the French accumulation and consumption of oriental goods as it is about Orientalism in France’ (p. 1). After a brief introduction, the first part of the book, titled ‘One Nation, One World under French Rule’ (Chapters 1 – 5), focuses on the connections between http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies Taylor & Francis

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Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 14, No. 4, December 2012, pp. 468–479 Book Reviews Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Orientalism in Early Modern France: Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien Re´gime (Berg, Oxford and New York, 2008), vi 1 409 pp., ISBN 978-1-84520-374-0 (Hbk), £60.00 Ina Baghdiantz McCabe’s study of the birth of French orientalism and the role of Eurasian trade in shaping ancien re ´gime France is a welcome contribution to the history...
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Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 14, No. 4, December 2012, pp. 468–479 Book Reviews Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Orientalism in Early Modern France: Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien Re´gime (Berg, Oxford and New York, 2008), vi 1 409 pp., ISBN 978-1-84520-374-0 (Hbk), £60.00 Ina Baghdiantz McCabe’s study of the birth of French orientalism and the role of Eurasian trade in shaping ancien re ´gime France is a welcome contribution to the history of European encounters with the region we call today the Middle East. The book’s central premise is that French orientalism did not start with Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt, but can be traced back to the first diplomatic and commercial relations between the French and the Ottomans at the beginning of the sixteenth century. In the author ’s own words, ‘The earlier history of French Orientalism is less well known. This book is as much about the orientalizing of France and the French accumulation and consumption of oriental goods as it is about Orientalism in France’ (p. 1). After a brief introduction, the first part of the book, titled ‘One Nation, One World under French Rule’ (Chapters 1 – 5), focuses on the connections between

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