The Survival of Empire: Portuguese Trade and Society in China and the South China Sea 1630-1754

by G.B. Souza and George Bryan Souza

Book Overview

In this original study of the Portuguese Empire in the East, the Estado da India, George Souza looks in detail at the activities of Macao. His aim is to enquire into the nature of Portuguese society in China and the South China Sea and explain why the political and economic activities of the Portuguese crown did not inhibit the growth of local entrepreneurial trade. He also examines the nature of Portuguese maritime trade in Asia and analyses the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521531357
• ISBN13: 9780521531351
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"