Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: nodes of empire, Liam Matthew Brockey. Part I Religion and Empire:: In the shadow of empire: Portuguese Jewish communities in the 16th century, José Alberto Rodrigues da Silva Tavim; The Jesuits and the political language of the city: riot and procession in early 17th-century Salvador da Bahia, Charlotte de Castelnau-L'Estoile; Nagasaki: the early years of an early modern Japanese city, J.S.A. Elisonas. Part II Cities and Commerce: Mozambique island: the rise and decline of a colonial port city, Malyn Newitt; The province of the North: continuity and change in an age of decline and rebirth, ca. 1571-1680, Glenn J. Ames; Charity, ritual and business at the edge of empire: the Misericórdia of Macau, Isabel dos Guimarães Sá. Part III Politics of Empire: The king's processions: municipal and royal authority and the hierarchies of power in colonial Salvador, Stuart B. Schwartz; Notes on a project for the city of Goa, Diogo Ramada Curto; Sol oriens in occiduo: representations of empire and the city in early 18th-century Brazil, Kirsten Schultz; Luanda: a colonial city between Africa and the Atlantic, 17th and 18th centuries, Catarina Madeira Santos; Index.

About the Author

Liam Matthew Brockey is a specialist in early modern European history, with a focus on the Portuguese Empire and religious history. He is currently an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University, USA. Brockey's studies have focused on Jesuit missionaries in China and India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Liam Matthew Brockey, Jose Alberto Rodrigues da Silva Tavim, Charlotte de Castelnau-L'Estoile, J.S.A. Elisonas, Malyn Newitt, Glenn J. Ames, Isabel dos Guimaraes Sa, Stuart B. Schwartz, Diogo Ramada Curto, Kirsten Schultz, Catarina Madeira Santos.

Reviews

’This collection makes a key contribution to the historical development of urban Portuguese societies... The chapters all share a high level of historical research and writing, with the authors drawing on little known documents to illuminate aspects of Portuguese imperial history.’ Reviews in History ’Its vibrant, engaging prose and stimulating conclusions are a testament to the author’s erudition and explanatory skill, Brockey’s fine editing and (in some essays) the translating skills of Brockey and Mónica Leal da Silva.’ Journal of Urban History ’Editor Liam Brockey and his contributing authors have produced an exceptionally useful and insightful book that draws out important themes in comparative colonial studies by examining sundry Portuguese held port cities in Brazil, east and west Africa, coastal western India, southern China and Japan.’ Bulletin of Spanish Studies 'I recommend this volume to all those interested in investigating the social, political, religious, and economic organization and accompanying tensions common to all hybrid colonial environments, as well as to those specializing in the imperial history of the Iberian Peninsula.' Sixteenth Century Journal 'The book is avowedly targeted at urban historians, and hence rather specialised, but does contain material of interest to other scholarly discourses such as my own - and thus serves as an important access route to such detailed contextualisation of early forms of (colonial) urban­ism.' Cadernos de Estudos Africanos