Imperial culture and colonial projects : the Portuguese-speaking world from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries /: the Portuguese-speaking world from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Cultura imperial e projetos coloniais.
• Further Information: Note: Diogo Ramada Curto ; translated by Alison Aiken.
• Authors: Curto, Diogo Ramada
• Other Names: Aiken, Alison translator.
• Contents: Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Language, Literature and the Empire, 1415–1570 Chapter 1. The Africans in Portugal: Between Presentation and Methods of Communication; Chapter 2. The System of Slave-Interpreter and Alternative Means of Communication; Chapter 3. The Age of Zurara: Guidance, Chronicles and Reports of Voyages; Chapter 4. The Era of Da Gama: Printed Books and the Distribution of Manuscripts; 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: Between Zain Al-Din and the Tradition of the Décadas; 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: Conflict and Dialogue; 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 António de Albuquerque Coelho; Chapter 18. Public Ceremonies and Academies in Brazil; Chapter 19. Naturalization, Indigenism, Reforms and Reports of Voyage Bibliography; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 909.08; Colonization -- History; Discoveries in geography; Portugal -- Territorial expansion -- History; Portugal -- Colonies -- History; Portugal -- History -- Modern, 1580-; Portugal -- Civilization; Portuguese-speaking countries -- Civilization
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789207071
• Related ISBNs: 9781789207064
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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