Portuguese Trade in Asia Under the Habsburgs, 1580-1640

by James C. Boyajian

This fascinating history reassesses the consequences of Portugal's flourishing private trade with Asia, including increased tensions between the growing urban merchant class and the still-dominant landed aristocracy. James C. Boyajian shows how Portuguese-Asian commerce formed part of a global trading network that linked not only Europe and Asia but also--for the first time--Asia, West Africa, Brazil, and Spanish America. He also argues that, contrary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801887542
• ISBN13: 9780801887543
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher