Portuguese Oceanic Expansion, 1400-1800

Herausgeber: Bethencourt, Francisco; Ramada Curto, Diogo

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Produktbeschreibung

A unique overview of Portuguese oceanic expansion between 1400 and 1800. The essays in this volume treat a wide range of subjects - economy and society, politics and institutions, cultural configurations and comparative dimensions - and radically update data and interpretations on the economic and financial trends of the Portuguese Empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 558
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 848g
• ISBN-13: 9780521608916
• ISBN-10: 0521608910
• Artikelnr.: 21917138

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Norman Fiering; Introduction Francisco Bethencourt and Diogo Ramada
Curto translated by Neil Safier; Part I. Economics and Society: 1. The
economy of the Portuguese Empire Stuart Schwartz; 2. Costs and financial
trends in the Portuguese Empire, 1415-1822 Jorge Pedreira; 3. Markets and
merchant communities in the Indian Ocean M. N. Pearson; 4. The economic
network of Portugal's Atlantic world Luis Felipe de Alencastro translated
by Marguerite I. Harrison; 5. The Portuguese in Africa John Thornton; Part
II. Politics and Institutions: 6. Patterns of settlement in the Portuguese
Empire John Russell-Wood; 7. Political configurations and local powers
Francisco Bethencourt; 8. Ecclesiastical structures and religious action
Isabel dos Guimarães Sá; Part III. The Cultural World: 9. Encounters,
negotiations, and interactions Anthony Disney; 10. Portuguese imperial and
colonial culture Diogo Ramada Curto; 11. Language and literature in the
Portuguese Empire Luís Moura Sobral; 12. Science and technology in
Portuguese navigation: an essay on the idea of experience in the sixteenth
century Francisco C. Domingues translated by Neil Safier; Part IV. The
Comparative Dimension: 13. Portuguese expansion in a global context Felipe
Fernández-Armesto.