The Portuguese Empire in Asia, 1500-1700 A Political and Economic History

by Subrahmanyam, Sanjay

• ISBN13: 9780470672914
• ISBN10: 0470672919
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-30
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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

Author Biography

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).

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. x
Maps	p. xi
Tables	p. xii
Acknowledgments	p. xiv
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xv
Preface to the First Edition	p. xvii
Introduction: The Mythical Faces of Portuguese Asia	p. 1
Early Modern Asia: Geopolitics and Economic Change	p. 11
Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-century States	p. 13
The Circulation of Elites	p. 22
Towards a Taxonomy	p. 27
Long-term Trends	p. 30
Portuguese State and Society, 1200-1500	p. 33
Crown and Nobility	p. 33
In Search of a Bourgeoisie	p. 40
Mercantilism and Messianism	p. 48
Summing Up	p. 55
Two Patterns and Their Logic: Creating an Empire, 1498-1540	p. 59
The Early Expeditions	p. 50
From Almeida to Albuquerque: Defining the First Pattern	p. 67
The Second Pattern: East of Cape Comorin	p. 74
The Logic at Work: Portuguese Asia, 1525-40	p. 78
Towards the "Crisis"	p. 83
Notes	p. 85
The Mid-Sixteenth-century "Crisis"	p. 87
The Dilemmas of Joanine Policy	p. 88
Sás, Sousas, and Castros: Portuguese Asian Officialdom in the Crisis	p. 95
The Mid-century Debate	p. 104
The Far Eastern Solution	p. 107
The Estado in 1570	p. 113
Notes	p. 114
Between Land-bound and Sea-borne: Reorientations, 1570-1610	p. 115
Trade and Conquest: The Spanish View	p. 116
Spain, Portugal, and the Atlantic Turning	p. 120
Girdling the Globe	p. 124
The "Land" Question	p. 130
The Maritime Challenge	p. 141
Concessions and Captains-Major	p. 145
The Beginnings of Decline?	p. 159
Empire in Retreat, 1610-1665	p. 153
Political Reconsolidation in Asia, 1570-1610	p. 154
Syriam and Hurmuz: The Beginnings of Retreat	p. 160
Reform and Its Consequences	p. 167
The Decade of Disasters: Portuguese Asia in the 1630s	p. 172
Restoration, Truce, and Failure, 1640-52	p. 181
The Retreat Completed, 1652-65	p. 186
Asians, Europeans, and the Retreat	p. 188
Notes	p. 189
Niches and Networks: Staying On, 1665-1700	p. 191
The Cape Route and the Bahia Trade	p. 192
The Vicissitudes of the Estado: The View from Goa	p. 198
Mozambique, Munhumutapa, and Prazo Creation	p. 206
The Portuguese of the Bay of Bengal	p. 211
Survival in the Far East: Macau and Timor	p. 217
The Portuguese, Dutch, and English: A Comparison	p. 222
Portuguese Asian Society I: The Official Realm	p. 227
The Problem of Numbers	p. 228
The World of the Casado	p. 236
Networks, Fortunes, and Patronage	p. 243
"Portuguese" and "Foreigner"	p. 250
Rise of the Solteiro	p. 253
The Impact on Portugal	p. 257
Portuguese Asian Society II: The Frontier and Beyond	p. 261
Renegades and Rebels	p. 262
Mercenaries, Firearms, and Fifth Columnists	p. 269
Converts and Client Communities	p. 274
A Luso-Asian Diaspora?	p. 279
Conclusion: Between Banditry and Capitalism	p. 285
Glossary	p. 295
A Note on Quantitative Data	p. 303
Bibliography	p. 307
Maps	p. 323
Index	p. 333
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