The Portuguese in Sri Lanka and South India : studies in the history of diplomacy, empire and trade, 1500-1650
| Parallelsachtitel: |
Studies in the history of diplomacy, empire and trade, 1500-1650 |
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| 1. Verfasser: |
Biedermann, Zoltán.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Wiesbaden :
Harrassowitz Verlag,
2014.
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| Umfang/Format: |
viii, 205 p. : ill ; 25 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Maritime Asia (Wiesbaden, Germany) ;
v. 25 |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Süd- /Südostasien |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Studying the Portuguese in South Asia and Beyond; 2. Negotiating Empire: Portuguese Diplomacy in Asia in the Sixteenth Century; 3. From Diplomacy to Conquest: The "Matrioshka Principle" and How it was Overcome in Sri Lanka; 4. Imagining Space before Conquest: Two Contrasting Maps of Sri Lanka, 1568-1606; 5. Imperial Incorporation: The "Malwana Convention" and the Lankan Transition to Colonial Rule; 6. Colonialism and Cosmopolitanism: Colombo, Cannanore, and the Chimera of the Multi-Ethnic Melting-Po(r)tin South Asia. 7. Change and Resilience under Colonial Rule: The Hunting and Trading of Elephants in Sri Lanka, 1500-18008. Afterword; Bibliography; Index.
