![]() ![]() The Portuguese Empire in Asia, 1500–1700 represents an important contribution to our understanding of the global forces that helped to shape the most resilient of modern Europe’s colonial empires. Other revisions include a new preface by the author that examines the reception of the original edition and considers ongoing scholarly debates on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Portuguese imperialism. Sanjay Subrahmanyam’s award-winning study is now updated to reflect the most recent developments in historiography, while maintaining its focus on consideration of the forces in Europe, Asia, and East Africa that enabled the creation of the Portuguese empire. ![]() Subrahmanyam truly redefines the field with this work, which explains why the present book was able to overcome the natural ‘aging effects’ of a piece originally written two decades ago.” Jorge Flores, European University Institute, Florence Upon its initial publication in 1993, The Portuguese Empire in Asia, 1500–1700: A Political and Economic History was widely praised for its pioneering insights into the foundations of the Portuguese empire within the context of the history of early modern Asia. Written by one the leading historians of our time, this is an illuminating study on the complex interactions between Portugal and Asia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. “Sanjay Subrahmanyam gives us a masterly overview of the early modern Portuguese empire in Asia. ![]()
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