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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sim, Teddy.

Series:

European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 10.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portuguese--Asia--History--18th century.

Portuguese.

Portugal--Colonies--Asia--History--18th century.

Portugal.

Portugal--Colonies--Asia--Administration--History--18th century.

Portugal--Politics and government--1706-1750.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Drawing on unpublished materials from the Overseas Historical Archive , and other libraries in Portugal, this book considers Portuguese leadership and organization at home, where it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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-27063-3

9786613270634

90-04-20985-9

OCLC:

751963501

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004202481.i-212 DOI