Routledge

Routledge

English

’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