Portuguese in India

Zusammenfassung The Portuguese were the first European power in Asia. Here Dr Pearson gives a clear account! written from an Indian point of view! of their activities in India and the Indian Ocean from the sixteenth century onwards! laying particular stress on social! economic and religious interaction between the Portuguese and the Indians. Inhaltsverzeichnis General editor's preface; Preface; Rulers of Portugal 1385-1910; Viceroys and governors of Portuguese India 1505-1961; Glossary; Maps; Introduction; 1. The Portuguese arrival in India; 2. The system in operation; 3. Evaluation of the official system; 4. Indo-Portuguese society; 5. Catholics and Hindus; 6. Decline and stagnation; 7. Toward reintegration; Bibliographical essay; Index.

Product details

• Authors: M. N. Pearson, M. N. (University of New South Wales Pearson, M.N. Pearson
• Assisted by: Christopher Alan Bayly (Editor), Gordon Johnson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521028509
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02850-9
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: New Cambridge History of India
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries