Creolization and Diaspora in the Portuguese Indies - The Social World of Ayutthaya, 1640-1720

This book examines the sizeable Portuguese community in Ayutthaya, the chief river-state in Siam, during a period in which Portuguese power in the region declined. The analysis turns on the creolization and diaspora that affected this community, as well as problems with international trade, the Christian conversion process, and European rivalries.

About the author

Stefan Halikowski Smith, Ph.D. (2001) in History and Civilisation, European University Institute, is Lecturer in History at Swansea University. His specialisation is Portuguese overseas expansion in the early modern period, both publishing widely and lecturing on this topic at Brown University, Rhode Island. His most recent edited collection entitled Portugal Índico: Essays on the history of the Portuguese presence in South Asia came out as a Special Issue of Itinerario in 2007.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Halikowski Smith
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2011
• EAN: 9789004190481
• ISBN: 978-90-04-19048-1
• No. of pages: 472
• Weight: 956 g
• Series: European Expansion and Indigen
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918