| Edition |
2006
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| Publication |
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1987.
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| Description |
xx, 180pBlue Spine
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| Series |
The New Cambridge History of India I.1
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| Summary/Abstract |
The Portuguese were the first European imperial power in Asia. Dr. Pearson's volume of the History is a clear account of their activities in India and the Indian Ocean from the sixteenth century onwards that is 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 had a more limited impact on everyday life in India than is sometimes supposed. Their imperial effort was characterized more by reciprocity and interaction than by an unilateral imposition of Portuguese mores and political structures.
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| Contents |
Rulers of Portugal, 1385-1910
Viceroys and governors of Portuguese India, 1505-1961
Glossary
Maps
Introduction
The Portuguese arrive in India
The system in operation
Evaluation of the official system
Indo-Portuguese society
Catholics and Hindus
Decline and stagnation
Toward reintegration
Bibliographical essay
Index
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| Standard Number |
9780521055956 Pb.
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