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The Governor's Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of Its People, 1750-1845
Esther Fihl
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: WZ. Dimension: 250 x 150. Weight in Grams: 666.
In 1620 the first Danish settlement on the Indian subcontinent was established in the small fishing village of Tranquebar facing the Indian Ocean on the Coromandel Coast of south India. For the next 225 years, until it was sold to the British in 1845, Tranquebar functioned as a colonial trading station under the Danish flag. From 1784 onwards the Danish governor of Tranquebar lived in a grandiose and beautiful mansion built in a unique style of colonial architecture. This book uses that particular house as a prism through which the authors present and analyse such topics as the architecture and ... Read more
In 1620 the first Danish settlement on the Indian subcontinent was established in the small fishing village of Tranquebar facing the Indian Ocean on the Coromandel Coast of south India. For the next 225 years, until it was sold to the British in 1845, Tranquebar functioned as a colonial trading station under the Danish flag. From 1784 onwards the Danish governor of Tranquebar lived in a grandiose and beautiful mansion built in a unique style of colonial architecture. This book uses that particular house as a prism through which the authors present and analyse such topics as the architecture and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Copenhagen, Denmark
ISBN
9788763543880
SKU
V9788763543880
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Ref
99-1
About Esther Fihl
Esther Fihl is an anthropologist and professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen, where she is also the leader of the Centre for Competitive Cultural Studies.
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