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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819590603321

Autore

Sim Teddy

Titolo

Portuguese enterprise in the East [[electronic resource] ] : survival in the years, 1707-1757 / / by Teddy Sim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-27063-3

9786613270634

90-04-20985-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

European expansion and indigenous response, , 1873-8974 ; ; v. 10

Disciplina

325/.346909509033

Soggetti

Portuguese - Asia - History - 18th century

Portugal Colonies Asia History 18th century

Portugal Colonies Asia Administration History 18th century

Portugal Politics and government 1706-1750

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / T. Sim -- Chapter One. The Portuguese Empire In Asia / T. Sim -- Chapter Two. The Empire On The Eve Of The Eighteenth Century / T. Sim -- Chapter Three. Leadership From Lisbon To Goa / T. Sim -- Chapter Four. Diplomacy And War / T. Sim -- Chapter Five. Commercial Challenges Of The Eastern Empire / T. Sim -- Chapter Six. Imperial Power Through Culture And Religion / T. Sim -- Chapter Seven. Beginning Of A Reversal? 1741–57 / T. Sim -- Chapter Eight. Conclusions / T. Sim -- Appendices / T. Sim -- Bibliography / T. Sim -- Index / T. Sim.

Sommario/riassunto

Since 2000, there have been fewer studies released about the ‘formal aspects’ of the operation of colonial powers, such as Portugal, in the East during the Early Modern period. Prior, the fall of Communism, in the last decade of the twentieth century, gave a boost to liberal ideology, while research into topics related to autocracy or state apparatus have become unfashionable. The Portuguese role in the East is usually overlooked, being less high-profile than that of the Dutch or British. Drawing on unpublished materials from the Overseas Historical Archive , and other libraries in Portugal, this book considers Portuguese



leadership and organization at home, where it pertained to the governance of the eastern colonies; as well as the formal and ‘soft’ instruments of state applied on the ground in these colonies in first half of the eighteenth century.