A survey of royal government in the Portuguese, Spanish, English and French seaborne empires in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Essays focus on four facets of such government: political, judicial, fiscal and military administration. Essays may be consulted for an overview of any single empire, or for a comparative dimension to any single aspect. Attention is given to the role of non-Europeans in crown government. The introduction provides an overview of metropolitan agencies for overseas government and of crown agencies in the colonies, redresses imbalances in the historiography and provides an exhaustive bibliography. The text is intended as a starting point for scholars seeking a global perspective on the "first" European empires and a teaching tool.
| ISBN | 0860785300 | | Pages | 864 | | ISBN13 | 9780860785309
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 2 Hardbacks | | Publisher | Ashgate Publishing Group | | Weight (grammes) | 1950 | | Imprint | Ashgate Publishing Limited | | Published in | Aldershot | | Format | Hardback | | Series editor | Russell-Wood, A.J.R., Russell-Wood, A.J.R., Russell-Wood, A.J.R. | | Publication date | 10 May 2000 | | Series title | Expanding World: The European Impact on World History, 1450-1800 | | Non-book description | 2 v. ; | | Height (mm) | 177 | | Library of Congress | JV412.G68 | | Width (mm) | 261 | | DEWEY | 909.08 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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Part 1 Portuguese empire: the Lisbon slave house and African trade, 1486-1521, John L. Vogt; the Estado da India in Southeast Asia - administration, law and international relations, John Villiers; the Indian directorate - forced acculturation in Portuguese America, 1757-1799, Colin MacLachlan; indigenous dominance in a colonial economy - the Goa Rendas, 1600-1670, M.N. Pearson; trade in the Indian Ocean and the Portuguese system of cartazes, K.S. Mathew; fiscal policy and royal sovereignty in Minas Gerais - the capitation tax of 1735, Robert Allan White; the reorganization of the Royal Fisc, Dauril Alden; the military and society in Bahia, 1800-1821, F.W.O. Morton; Spanish empire - the Council of the Indies in the late 18th century - a new perspective, Mark A. Burkholder; the institutional framework of colonial Spanish America, John Lynch; the indentant system in Spanish America, Lillian Estelle Fisher; la real audiencia de Buenos Aires y la administracion de justicia en lo criminal en el interior del virreinato, Jose M. Mariluz Urquijo; organizacion y funcionamiento en las cajas reales de Guayaquil en la segunda metad del siglo XVIII, Maria Luisa Laviana Cuetos; the reorganization of the army of New Spain, 1763-1766, Lyle N. McAlister; the changing racial and administrative structure of the Peruvian military under the later Bourbons, Leon G. Campbell. Part 2 French empire: la direction de la nouvelle-France par le ministere de la marine, Robert La Roque de Roquebrune; colonial trade policies late in the reign of Louis XIV, Thomas J. Schaeper; the administration of New France, Andre Vachon; the office of Intendant in New France - a study in French colonial policy, W.B. Munro; the Elective Council of Quebec of 1657, Gustave Lanctot; representative assemblies in New France, Allana G. Reid; the functions of the Council, Raymond Du Bois Cahall; from law court to local government - metamorphosis of the Superior Council of French Louisiana, Jerry A. Micelle; government and private interests in New France, J.F. Bosher; military organization in New France, W.J. Eccles; les troupes des colonies, Pierre Pluchon. Part 3 British empire: the 17th- and 18th-century Privy Council in its relations with the colonies, High E. Egerton; the Board of Trade and London-American interest groups in the 18th century, Alison G. Olson; His Majesty's Council, Leonard Woods Labaree; the role of the lower houses of assembly in 18th-century politics, Jack P. Greene; the procedure of the Virginia House of Burgesses, S.M. Pargellis; the governor, the Council and Assembly in Bermuda during the first half of the 18th century, Henry Wilkinson; the general assembly of the Leeward Islands, C.S.S. Higham; financial administration in Barbados, Frederick G. Spurdle; the courts in the American colonies, Erwin C. Surrency; indirect rule in the British empire - the foundations of the residency system in India, 1764-1858, Michael H. Fisher.
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