Imperial culture and colonial projects : the Portuguese-speaking world from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries /

"Beyond the immeasurable political and economic changes it brought, colonial expansion exerted a powerful effect on Portuguese culture. And as this book demonstrates, the imperial culture that emerged over the course of four centuries was hardly a homogeneous whole, as triumphalist literature a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curto, Diogo Ramada (Autor)
Otros Autores: Aiken, Alison (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Portugués
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2020.
Edición:English-language edition.
Temas:
Civilization, Modern > European influences.
Colonization > History.
Discoveries in geography.
Civilisation moderne et contemporaine > Influence européenne.
Colonisation > Histoire.
Découvertes géographiques.
HISTORY / Historiography
Colonization.
Territorial expansion.
Europe > Territorial expansion.
Europe > Colonies.
Europe > Expansion territoriale.
Europe.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Imperial Culture and Colonial Projects
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Language, Literature and the Empire, 1415-1570
  • Chapter 1. The Africans in Portugal
  • Chapter 2. The System of Slave-Interpreter and Alternative Means of Communication
  • Chapter 3. The Age of Zurara
  • Chapter 4. The Era of Da Gama
  • Chapter 5. The 1550s and 1560s
  • Part II. Written Culture and Practices of Identity, 1570-1697
  • Chapter 6. The World Theatre and Imperial Thought
  • Chapter 7. The State of India
  • Chapter 8. Remedies or Resolutions
  • Chapter 9. Forms of Christianity in the East
  • Chapter 10. Reports of Voyages to Goa and the State of India
  • Chapter 11. Brazil, or the Province of Santa Cruz
  • Chapter 12. The Dutch in Brazil
  • Chapter 13. The Inhabitants of Maranhão, Expeditions, the Peruleiros and the Slaves
  • Chapter 14. Colonial Projects for West Africa
  • Part III. Enlightenment and the Written Word, 1697-1808
  • Chapter 15. Reports of Voyages, Histories and Translations of Enlightened Europe
  • Chapter 16. Heroes of the State of India, Scientists and Orientalists
  • Chapter 17. The Journey to the Far East of Antóniode Albuquerque Coelho
  • Chapter 18. Public Ceremonies and Academies in Brazil
  • Chapter 19. Naturalization, Indigenism, Reforms and Voyage Reports
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Places
  • Index of Subjects

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