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The British Presence in Macau, 1635-1793
For more than four centuries, Macau was the centre of Portuguese trade and culture on the South China Coast. Until the founding of Hong Kong and the opening of other ports in the 1840s, it was also the main gateway to China for independent British merchants and their only place of permanent residence. Drawing extensively on Portuguese as well as British sources, The British Presence in Macau traces Anglo-Portuguese relations in South China from the first arrival of English trading ships in the 1630s to the establishment of factories at Canton, the beginnings of the opium trade, and the Macartney Embassy of 1793. The British and Portuguese—longstanding allies in the West—pursued more complex relations in the East, as trading interests clashed under a Chinese imperial system and as the British increasingly asserted their power as “a community in search of a colony”.
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The Royal House of Stuart
The royal descendants of King James VI of Scotland, the first of the House of Stuart to rule England.
The Built Environment through the Prism of the Colonial Periodical Press
The Built Environment through the Prism of the Colonial Periodical Press is a venture of the International Group for Studies of Colonial Periodical Press of the Portuguese Empire (IGSCP-PE), who are also interested in comparative studies and conceptual discussions. Through a focus on the understudied role of colonial periodicals in the creation and public discussion of colonial built environments, the present book contributes to a cultural history of the idea of built environment. The studies underscore the role of press in articulating environment imaging and transformations with colonial ideologies, projects and policies, and the fixing, othering and disputing of identities, while still re...
Performing Brazil
These essays on Brazilian performance culture comprise the first English-language book to study the varied manifestations of performance in and beyond Brazil, from carnival and capoeira to gender acts, curatorial practice, and political protest.
Iberian Interfaces
This book explores a key historical moment for literary and cultural relations between Spain and Portugal. Focusing on the period between 1870 and 1930, it analyses the contacts between Portuguese and Spanish writers and artists of this period, showing that, at least among the cultural elites, there were intense and fruitful dialogues across political and linguistic borders. The book presents the Iberian Peninsula as a complex and multilingual cultural polysystem in which diverse literary cultures coexist and are mutually dependent upon each other. It offers a panoramic view of Iberian literary and cultural history, encompassing not just Portuguese and Spanish literary productions, but also Catalan, Galician and Basque works. Combining a clear theoretical foundation with deep historical knowledge and references to specific texts and works, the book offers a thorough introduction to Iberian literature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
The Life and Letters of St. Francis Xavier
Vol. I: Book-I: From The Birth Of Francis To His Sailing For India 1506-1541; Book Ii: From The Sailing Of Francis For India To His First Voyage To The Farther East 1541-1545; Book-Iii: From The First Voyage Of Francis To The Eastern Archipelago To His Return To India 1545-1548. Vol. Ii: Book-Iv: From The Return Of Francis To India To His Sailing For Japan 1548-1549; Book-V: From The Sailing Of Francis To Japan To His Last Return To Indian 1549-1552; Book Vi: From The Last Return Of Francis To India To His Death At Sanchan 1556.
Intertwined
"This work is a collection of scientific stories that use the natural world to provide readers powerful reminders that many of our toughest problems stem from a fundamental disconnection"--
