Sanjay Subrahmanyam

Portuguese Empire in Asia 2e

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Despite its small size, Portugual dreams big: between the fifteenth and seventeenth century, this nation built a world empire that lingered in some parts of Asia and Africa until the 1970s. The Portuguese Empire in Asia, 1500-1700 examines Portugual's Asian annexes, presenting a major contribution to the study of early modern Asia as well as European expansion. The updated edition features a new preface and updated scholarship, as well as an updated glossary, list of abbreviations, and guide to further reading.

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Featuring updates and revisions that reflect recent historiography, this new edition of The Portuguese Empire in Asia 1500-1700 presents a comprehensive overview of Portuguese imperial history that considers Asian and European perspectives.

Features an argument-driven history with a clear chronological structure
Considers the latest developments in English, French, and Portuguese historiography
Offers a balanced view in a divisive area of historical study
Includes updated Glossary and Guide to Further Reading

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780470672914
• ISBN-10: 0470672919
• Artikelnr.: 34743571

Autorenporträt

Sanjay Subrahmanyam is Professor and Chair of Indian History at UCLA, and has earlier taught in Delhi, Paris, and Oxford. His publications include The Career and Legend of Vasco da Gama (1997) and Three Ways to be Alien (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations x Maps xi Tables xii Acknowledgments xiv Preface to the
Second Edition xv Preface to the First Edition xvii Introduction: The
Mythical Faces of Portuguese Asia 1 1 Early Modern Asia: Geopolitics and
Economic Change 11 Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-century States 13 The
Circulation of Elites 22 Towards a Taxonomy 27 Long-term Trends 30 2
Portuguese State and Society, 1200-1500 33 Crown and Nobility 33 In Search
of a Bourgeoisie 40 Mercantilism and Messianism 48 Summing Up 55 3 Two
Patterns and Their Logic: Creating an Empire, 1498-1540 59 The Early
Expeditions 60 From Almeida to Albuquerque: Defining the First Pattern 67
The Second Pattern: East of Cape Comorin 74 The Logic at Work: Portuguese
Asia, 1525-40 78 Towards the "Crisis" 83 Notes 85 4 The
Mid-Sixteenth-century "Crisis" 87 The Dilemmas of Joanine Policy 88 S¿as,
Sousas, and Castros: Portuguese Asian Officialdom in the Crisis 96 The
Mid-century Debate 104 The Far Eastern Solution 107 The Estado in 1570 113
Notes 114 5 Between Land-bound and Sea-borne: Reorientations, 1570-1610 115
Trade and Conquest: The Spanish View 116 Spain, Portugal, and the Atlantic
Turning 120 Girdling the Globe 124 The "Land" Question 130 The Maritime
Challenge 141 Concessions and Captains-Major 145 The Beginnings of Decline?
150 6 Empire in Retreat, 1610-1665 153 Political Reconsolidation in Asia,
1570-1610 154 Syriam and Hurmuz: The Beginnings of Retreat 160 Reform and
Its Consequences 167 The Decade of Disasters: Portuguese Asia in the 1630s
172 Restoration, Truce, and Failure, 1640-52 181 The Retreat Completed,
1652-65 186 Asians, Europeans, and the Retreat 188 Notes 189 7 Niches and
Networks: Staying On, 1665-1700 191 The Cape Route and the Bahia Trade 192
The Vicissitudes of the Estado: The View from Goa 198 Mozambique,
Munhumutapa, and Prazo Creation 206 The Portuguese of the Bay of Bengal 211
Survival in the Far East: Macau and Timor 217 The Portuguese, Dutch, and
English: A Comparison 222 8 Portuguese Asian Society I: The Official Realm
227 The Problem of Numbers 228 The World of the Casado 236 Networks,
Fortunes, and Patronage 243 "Portuguese" and "Foreigner" 250 Rise of the
Solteiro 253 The Impact on Portugal 257 9 Portuguese Asian Society II: The
Frontier and Beyond 261 Renegades and Rebels 262 Mercenaries, Firearms, and
Fifth Columnists 269 Converts and Client Communities 274 A Luso-Asian
Diaspora? 279 10 Conclusion: Between Banditry and Capitalism 285 Glossary
295 A Note on Quantitative Data 303 Bibliography 307 Maps 323 Index 333

Rezensionen

"This masterful history of Europe's first great Early Modern maritime empire goes well beyond the limits of traditional nationalistic and Eurocentric interpretations. Integrating European and Asian sources, Subrahmanyam's new edition is a synthetic, interpretative and at times speculative book that sets the Portuguese Indian Ocean empire in the context of Asian and World history. There is no book in English that provides a better introduction to this topic." (Expofairs.com, 23 October 2013)