Table of Contents

Contents - 6[-]Acknowledgments - 8[-]Introduction - 12[-]I Priorities in the Reino, c. 1640-1683 - 18[-]II Politics and Policies: Viceroys and Governors, c. 1661-1681 - 40[-]III Christians: Saints and Sinners, c. 1640-1683 - 60[-]IV Spices: The Carreira da India, c. 1640-1683 - 94[-]V Administration: European Hierarchies and the Resiliency of Indigenous Structures, 1640-1683 - 116[-]VI Foreign Policy: Diplomatic Relations with the Reis Vizinhos and European Rivals, 1640-1683 - 150[-]VII An African Eldorado: The Quest for Wealth in Mozambique and the Rios de Cuama, c. 1640-1683 - 184[-]Conclusion Portuguese Asia, c. 1683 - 206[-]Bibliography - 216[-]Notes - 228[-]Index - 260

About the Author

Glenn J. Ames is professor of history at The University of Toledo, and the author of Colbert, Mercantilism, and the French Quest for Asian Trade (1996).