{"product_id":"portuguese-trade-in-asia-under-the-habsburgs-15801640-9780801887543","title":"Portuguese Trade in Asia under the Habsburgs 15801640","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe argues that, contrary to previous scholarly opinion, nearly half of the Portuguese-Asian trade was controlled by New Christians-descendants of Iberian Jews forcibly converted to Christianity in the 1490s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a superbly researched work, rich in provocative and revisionist interpretations, whose sources, ideas, and references will be mined by many scholars, Boyajian adopts a comparative approach to study Portuguese commercial links to Asia, reassess crown involvement in trade vis a vis private participation, place the Cape trade within the context of global trade, and throw new light on Portuguese merchant families. Canadian Journal of History Concentrates on the flourishing Portuguese private trade with Asia during the period of Spanish rule... A new turn in the historiography of European expansion. English Historical Review Portuguese Trade in Asia under the Habsburgs illuminates complex trade and social networks within an emerging global system. It is essential reading for those concerned with the interplay of state goals and private enterprise, as well as the influence of the Inquisition on global trade in the early modern era. -- Joan Meznar Renaissance Quarterly 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Spelling, Usage, and Currency\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Portugal's Asian Enterprise to 1580\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The \"Prudent\" King as Merchant-King, 1580-1598\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Private Trade of the Carreira da Índia, 1580-1598\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. A Complex Relationship: Carreira and Casado Trade, 1580-1598\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Royal Monopoly and the Advent of European Competition on the Cape Route, 1599-1619\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Private and Company Trade\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Zenith of the Carreira Trade, 1599-1619\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Struggle for Asian Trade, 1599-1619\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Trade, Inquisition, and Economic Growth and Stagnation in Portugal\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. War and Experimentation with the Cape Monopoly, 1620-1640\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Crisis of the Carreira da Índia, 1620-1640\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Private Trade in Asia: New Pressures, New Alternatives, 1620-1640\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Portugal's Asian Enterprise in 1640\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862968009047,"sku":"9780801887543","price":33.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801887543.jpg?v=1759919228","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/portuguese-trade-in-asia-under-the-habsburgs-15801640-9780801887543","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}