书:
作者:Myrup, Erik
题目:《早期现代葡语世界的权力与腐败》(Power and Corruption in the Early Modern Portuguese World).Baton Rouge:LouisianaStateUniversityPress, 2015.
PartI.Europe-- Captivity, redemption, and the birth of a Royal Council -- Kings, colonies, and councilors
Part II.South America-- Centers and peripheries in the Luso-Brazilian world -- Gambling governors and gilded lead
Part III.Asia-- One king, two crowns -- The case of the missing men
Part III (Asia) covers the history of Macau in the 17th-18th centuries, focusing on economic and social local networks in Macau & South China, and discussing the connection between Portuguese merchants and officials with theGuangdong& central Chinese imperial bureaucracy, while offering some references to the role of Jesuits and other missionaries.