The Portuguese Empire in Asia, 1500-1700: A Political and Economic HistoryPortugal, a tiny nation with around a million inhabitants, created a world empire between the 15th and 17th centuries which left vestiges in Africa and Asia as late as the 1970s. To illuminate the Asian dimension of this empire - to show how it came into being and how it changed over time - Dr Subrahmanyam explores the interaction of international and local factors in Europe, Asia and Africa alike. This is a contribution to the early modern history of Asia; as well as to the study of European expansion. |
Contents
The Mythical Faces of Portuguese Asia | 1 |
Geopolitics and Economic Change | 9 |
Portuguese State and Society 12001500 | 30 |
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