Portuguese enterprise in the East : survival in the years 1707-1757 / by Teddy Sim Y.H.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"Since 2000, there have been fewer studies released about the 'formal aspects' of the operation of colonial powers, such as Portugal, in the East during the Early Modern period. Prior, the fall of Communism, in the last decade of the twentieth century, gave a boost to liberal ideology, while research into topics related to autocracy or state apparatus have become unfashionable. The Portuguese role in the East is usually overlooked, being less high-profile than that of the Dutch or British. Drawing on unpublished materials from the Overseas Historical Archive, and other libraries in Portugal, this book considers Portuguese leadership and organization at home, where it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."-- Publisher's website.

Drawing on unpublished materials from the Overseas Historical Archive, and other libraries in Portugal, this book considers Portuguese leadership and organization at home, where it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

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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