NCHI: The Portuguese in India I.1 - Couverture souple

Pearson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521028507 ISBN 13 : 9780521028509

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This is a clear account, written from an Indian point of view, of Portuguese activities in India.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Portuguese were the first European imperial power in Asia. Dr Pearson's volume of their history is a clear account of their activities in India and the Indian Ocean from the sixteenth century onwards written squarely from an Indian point of view. Laying particular stress on social, economic and religious interaction between Portuguese and Indians, the author argues that the Portuguese in fact had a more limited impact on everyday life in India than is sometimes supposed. Their imperial effort was characterized throughout more by reciprocity and interaction than by any unilateral imposition of Portuguese mores and political structures. The book as a whole has a significance well beyond its ostensible subject since it illuminates a whole range of more general historical themes including religious conversion, race relations, the nature of pre-modern society and early colonialism, and the very beginnings of the world economy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521028507
• ISBN 13: 9780521028509
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 204
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible