Early modern Asia - geo-politics and economic change 15th- and 16th-century states the circulation of elites towards a taxonomy long-term trends state and society, 1200-1500 crown and nobility in search of a bourgeoisie mercantilism and messianism summing up two patterns and their logic - creating an empire, 1498-1540 the early expeditions from Almeida to Albuquerque - defining the first pattern the second pattern - East of Cape Comorin the logic at work - Asia, 1525-1540 towards the the mid-16th century the dilemmas of Joanine policy Sas, Sousas and Castros - Asian officialdom in the crisis the mid-century debate the Far Eastern solution the Estado in 1570 between land-bound and sea-borne - reorientations, 1570-1610 trade and conquest - the Spanish view Spain, Portugal and the Atlantic turning girdling the globe the Land question the maritime challenge concessions and captains-major the beginnings of decline? empire in retreat, 1610-1665 political reconsolidation in Asia, 1570-1610 Syriam and Hurmuz - the beginnings of retreat reform and its consequences the decade of disasters - Asia in the 1630s restoration, truce and failure, 1640-1652 the retreat completed, 1652-1665 Asians, Europeans and the retreat niches and networks - staying on, 1665-1700 the cape route and the Bahia trade the vicissitudes of the estado - the view from Goa Mozambique, Munhumutapa and prazo creation the of the Bay of Bengal survival in the Far East - Macau and Timor the Portuguese, Dutch and English - a comparison Asian society 1 - the official realm the problem of numbers the world of the Cassado networks, fortunes and patronage Portuguese and foreigner rise of the Solteiro the impact on Portugal Asian society 2 - the frontier and beyond renegades and rebels mercenaries, firearms and fifth columnists converts and client communities a luso-Asian diaspora?.
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Sanjay Subrahmanyam (1993) studied this question.