Portuguese enterprise in the East : survival in the years 1707-1757 /

Sim, Teddy.

Portuguese enterprise in the East : survival in the years 1707-1757 / by Teddy Sim. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. - 1 online resource (xxv, 212 pages) : maps - European expansion and indigenous response, v. 10 1873-8974 ; . - European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 10. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments; Foreword; List of Maps and Tables; Abbreviations; Chapter One The Portuguese Empire in Asia; Chapter Two The Empire on the Eve of the Eighteenth Century; Chapter Three Leadership from Lisbon to Goa; Chapter Four Diplomacy and War; Chapter Five Commercial Challenges of the Eastern Empire; Chapter Six Imperial Power through Culture and Religion; Chapter Seven Beginning of a Reversal? 1741-57; Chapter Eight Conclusions; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Drawing on unpublished materials from the Overseas Historical Archive, and other libraries in Portugal, this book considers Portuguese leadership and organization at home, where it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

9789004209855 (electronic bk.) 9004209859 (electronic bk.) 1283270633 9781283270632

9786613270634

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1700-1799


POLITICAL SCIENCE--Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Colonies--Administration.
Politics and government.
Portuguese colonies.


Portugal--Colonies--History--Asia--18th century.
Portugal--Colonies--Administration--History--Asia--18th century.
Portugal--Politics and government--1706-1750.
Portugal--Politique et gouvernement--1706-1750.
Asia.
Portugal.


Electronic books.
History.

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