Dialog of a Veteran Soldier: Discussing the Frauds and Realities of Portuguese India - Couverture souple

Couto, Diogo Do; Coates, Timothy J.; Pearson, M. N.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1933227729 ISBN 13 : 9781933227726

Editeur : University of Massachusetts Press, 2016

Synopsis

Fraud, scandal, theft of royal funds, official graft, and cover-ups: these are the subjects of the 1612 exposé written by Diogo do Couto in his Dialog of a Veteran Soldier. Couto revealed too much and as a result, this work had to wait more than 175 years until its first publication in 1790. This classic of overseas Portuguese history is a well-known source cited by historians of Portuguese Asia, yet it has remained beyond the reach of a larger audience until this translation--its first into any other language. Couto was never rewarded with any of the prized positions that viceroys and governors (according to him) showered on their underlings. This Dialog is his bitter response. In it, we can see the workings of official and informal administration of Portuguese Asia as well as the numerous remedies Couto suggests to correct these abuses.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

DIOGO DO COUTO (Lisbon, c. 1542-Goa, 10 December 1616) was a Portuguese historian. TIMOTHY J. COATES is professor of history at the College of Charleston. He is the author of Convicts and Orphans: Forced and State-Sponsored Colonizers in the Portuguese Empire, 1550-1755, and the translator of André João Antonil's Brazil at the Dawn of the Eighteenth Century (Tagus Press, 2012). M.N. PEARSON is Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Massachusetts Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1933227729
• ISBN 13: 9781933227726
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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