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Drawing on unpublished materials from the Overseas Historical Archive, and other libraries in Portugal, this book considers Portuguese leadership and organization at home, where it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