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made the Portuguese empire different from others like the British How were their colonial possessions affected by Portuguese culture, politics

and economics Boxer does a very good job explaining these things.
He also differentiates between their American colonies and their Asian colonies which were different socially and economically,

As an example, though all the colonizers believed they were "spreading God's word"the Portuguese took this more seriously than most.
The church and the monarchy were inseparable and the papacy was often angered by the King's refusal to let the church hierarchy make decisions for "his" church.
Magnificent. A mustread for anyone studying history anywhere in the world, it covers all the aspects of one of the earliest and longest European empires.
It is very well researched, is a balanced and impartial account, not skipping over any of the unpleasantness but not loosing also the sense of wonder over what that small country managed to achieve.
The author is a wellrespected historian of Portuguese colonial history but what made reading this book such a pleasure was the simple language and wellpresented format.
It read like less of a textbook and more of a historical novel in some ways and pulls together information from an extensive bibliography of records and evidence to draw a starkly conclusive picture of the Portuguese Crown and its territories.
Wonderfully dense, thoughtful, and with a great many useful sources, Link to my review of this book:

sitelink com This was an interesting book to read, not least because it was written before the fall of the Portuguese empire in Africa which took place after the death of Salazar in the mid's.
  Although the author has little to say about GuineaBissau and East Timor, which is perhaps unsurprising given the fact that even at the end of Portugal's period as an imperial nation these areas were nearly forgotten.
  That said, this book has a lot of insightful things to say about Portugal's empire and some necessary comments about the society that came with it and the struggle that various people had in the empire gaining respect from the culture as a whole.
  The author manages to demonstrate a sound knowledge of Portuguese imperial history and political history while also doing some good work in discussing some of the myths that Portuguese people have often had about empire.
  It has been said that the Portuguese were far more racially tolerant than many other imperialists, but the author demonstrates plenty of cases where there was a great deal of racial tension and hostility and insults regarding Jews and blacks in different parts of the empire, and even the people of India around Goa.
  This can be considered a sound example of history,

This book is aboutpages long with two parts and sixteen chapters,   The author begins with a preface and a general introduction for the series as a whole,   The prologue then discusses Portugal's peripheral status within Christendom,   After that the first part of the book gives a narrative history fromtothat shows the vicissitudes of empire I, with chapters on Guinea gold and the search for Prester John from, shipping and spices in Asian seas from, converts and clergy in Southeast and South Asia during the same period, as well as slaves and sugar in the South Atlantic during that same period.
  After that the author talks about the global struggle with the Dutch from, stagnation and contraction in the east fromto, revival and expansion in the west during that same period, and the dictatorship of Pombal and its aftermath fromto.
  The second half of the book then discusses the characteristics of empire II, including the India and Brazil fleets, Crown patronage and catholic missions, purity of blood, town councillors and brothers of charity, soldiers, settlers, and vagabonds, merchants and smugglers, the Renaissance and Enlightenment, and finally issues of Sebastianism, Messianism, and nationalism.
  The book then ends with six appendices that provide some statistical data as well as a glossary, bibliography, and index,

There is something deeply poignant about the Portuguese imperial experience that makes one a bit sympathetic for the Portuguese.
  Empire was deeply costly for the Portuguese, especially because they had such a limited sailing tradition and one that was not regarded very well.
  The long shipping runs between Portugal to and from India ended up killing a huge percentage of the people involved, and even those who made it safely to their destination seldom made it home and struggled to marry and have families, all of which are problems of empire that I can definitely relate to.
  The author spends a lot of time talking about the experience of the people involved in the empire, whether those people were Portuguese citizens back at home or people running town councils or those being ruled by empire and struggling to be honored and respected.
  The author spends a great deal of time in talking about the influence of religion on Portuguese society and the way in which empire was a great strain on Portugal, showing that we should not take it for granted that empires always benefited their own people by seeking to dominate over others.
Very well written book. Very enjoyable to read. Gives a very good picture of how the portuguese empire developed since the XV century, It also provides a clear view into the breakdown of this vast empire, It proves how portuguese are in general very bad managers, unable to have a medium to long term plan to consolidate the county's finances.
It seems that history just keeps repeating itself, ! Tremendous work on the Portuguese colonial empire, Not a single consideration is left without proper referencing and/or contemporary testimony yet the interested reader is able to fly through its pages without feeling bored that's how great it is written, that's how knowledgeable the author is.

Forty years of study, a private collection ofbooks, and hundreds of manuscripts, and a clearly enlightened mind resulted in this masterpiece.

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