TY  - BOOK
AU  - Subrahmanyam, Sanjay
TI  - The Portuguese empire in Asia, 1500-1700 : A political and economic history / 
SN  - 0582050685
U1  - KMD 950.04691 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - London ; New York 
PB  - Longman
KW  - Portuguese -- Colonization -- Asia
KW  - Economic, Social, and Cultural History of Asia
KW  - Asia History, 1480-1905
KW  - Asia History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-299) and index
N2  - TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: the mythical faces of Portuguese Asia
Early modern Asia: geo-politics and economic change
Portuguese state and society 1200-1500
Two patterns and their logic: creating an empire, 1498-1540
The mid-sixteenth-century 'crisis'
Between land-bound and sea-borne: reorientations, 1570-1610
Empire in retreat, 1610-65
Niches and networks: staying on, 1665-1700
Portuguese Asian society I: the official realm
Portuguese Asian society II: the frontier and beyond
Conclusions: between banditry and capitalism
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