AuthorSubrahmanyam, Sanjay
TitleThe Portuguese empire in Asia, 1500-1700 : a political and economic history / Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Imprint Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012
Edition 2nd ed
Descript xviii, 340 p. : maps ; 24 cm

CONTENT

Early modern Asia: geopolitics and economic change -- Portuguese state and society, 1200-1500 -- Two patterns and their logic: creating an empire, 1498-1540 -- Mid-sixteenth-century "crisis" -- Between land-bound and sea-borne: reorientations, 1570-1610 -- Empire in retreat, 1610-1665 -- Niches and networks: staying on, 1665-1700 -- Portuguese Asian society I: the official realm -- Portuguese Asian society II: the frontier and beyond -- Conclusion: between banditry and capitalism


SUBJECT

  1. Portuguese -- Asia -- History
  2. Portugal -- Colonies -- Asia -- History
  3. Asia -- History -- 16th century
  4. Asia -- History -- 17th century
  5. Portugal -- History -- 16th century
  6. Portugal -- History -- 17th century

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