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Eighteenth-century fashion.(Report from Europe)(Brief Article)
In the eighteenth century, France was the world's fashion leader. Paris was not only its political capital but also the center of fashion. Rose Bertin, known as the "ministre de la mode," was the main provider of dresses to Marie Antoinette, and, in the Netherlands, to Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia, the wife of the Dutch stadholder William V, prince of Orange and Nassau. The difference between Wilhelmina's clothes and those of her French counterpart was primarily the fabric. Because of the Dutch East India Company's activities in Asia, Wilhelmina had access to Japanese silk damask and chintz. And the Japanese shogun sent kimonos as gifts to the Dutch rulers, ...
- The Corporation that Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the...
- Magazine article from: New Internationalist Thekaekara, Mari Marcel May 1, 2007 700+ words
...Changed the World How the East India Company Shaped the Modern...of all companies'--the East India Company. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Although I am Indian, have...devastation wrought by the East India Company on my country. With...
- British Columbia former gillnetter makes a passionate plea for the...
- Magazine article from: National Fisherman Hathaway, Jessica January 1, 2008 700+ words
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Lost Coast Salmon, Memory and the Death of Wild Culture By Tim Bowling Nightwood Editions, 2007 Hardcover, 256 pp...
- The Worlds of the East India Company.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History Kitzan, Laurence April 1, 2004 700+ words
The Worlds of the East India Company, edited by H.V. Bowen...95 US (paper). The Worlds of the East India Company is an appropriate title for...Leicester. The common theme is the East India Company as primarily a commercial...
- North East India - Travel Guide - Order Now.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire May 5, 2009 700+ words
...May 2009-Research and Markets: North East India - Travel Guide - Order Now(C)1994...researchandmarkets.com/research/f303ab/north_east_india) has announced the addition of the "North East India - Travel Guide" report to their offering...
- 400 YEARS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.
- Magazine article from: History Today Bowen, Huw V. July 1, 2000 700+ words
Huw V. Bowen asks whether the East India Company was one of the `most powerful...anniversary of the founding of the English East India Company, the trading organisation that...travel and instant communication, the East India Company established a far-flung empire...
- Research and Markets: North East India - Travel Guide - Order Now.
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 5, 2009 700+ words
...researchandmarkets.com/research/3cc8d1/north_east_india) has announced the addition of the "North East India - Travel Guide" report to their offering...cultural and nature travellers. "North East -India's Paradox worth visiting" has been...
- -SAFETYNET: Safetynet sails into East India Dock a second time.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire October 12, 1998 700+ words
...1998-SAFETYNET: Safetynet sails into East India Dock a second time (C)1994-98 M2...is opening a second Recovery Centre at East India Dock, East London. The 22,000 sq...52,000 sq.ft of recovery space at East India Dock and over 100,000 sq.ft across...
- Reading the East India Company, 1720-1840: Colonial Currencies of Gender.(Book...
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Mukherjee, Pablo July 1, 2005 700+ words
Reading The East India Company, 1720-1840: Colonial Currencies...violent plot concocted by her British East India Company-appointed minister Bridjoo...relationship between Burdwan and the East India Company. The rani's petition split...
