Author: Myrup, Erik

Power and corruption in the early modern Portuguese world
Date2015
Publish_locationBaton Rouge, LA
PublisherLouisiana State University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberJV4215.M96 2015
Descriptionxi, 241 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
NotePower and corruption in the early modern Portuguese world / Erik Lars Myrup.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Europe -- Captivity, redemption, and the birth of a Royal Council -- Kings, colonies, and councilors -- Part II. South America -- Centers and peripheries in the Luso-Brazilian world -- Gambling governors and gilded lead -- Part III. Asia -- One king, two crowns -- The case of the missing men.

Note: Part III (Asia) covers the history of Macau in the 17th-18th centuries, focusing on economic and social local networks in Macau & South China, and discussing the connection between Portuguese merchants and officials with the Guangdong & central Chinese imperial bureaucracy, while offering some references to the role of Jesuits and other missionaries.--Cf. Eugenio Menegon, EUCHINA

Multimedia
SubjectMacau 澳門--History--17th century Portugal--Colonies--Asia--History Portuguese--Macau--History Macau 澳門--History--18th century Macau 澳門--Civilization--Portuguese influence Portugal--Colonies--History--17th century Portugal--Colonies--History--18th century Portugal--Colonies--America--Administration Portugal--Colonies--Asia--Administration Social networks--Portugal--History
ISBN9780807159804 ; 0807159808
LCCN2014035925