The Portuguese Empire in Asia, 1500-1700 A Political and Economic History |
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| Author:
| Subrahmanyam, Sanjay |
| ISBN: | 978-0-582-05068-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1993 |
| Publisher: | Addison-Wesley Longman, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $33.50USD $30.75 |
Book Description:
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Portugal, a tiny nation with around a million inhabitants, created a world empire between the fifteenth and seventeenth 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 East Africa alike. This is a major contribution to the early modern history of Asia, as...
More DescriptionPortugal, a tiny nation with around a million inhabitants, created a world empire between the fifteenth and seventeenth 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 East Africa alike. This is a major contribution to the early modern history of Asia, as well as to the study of European expansion.