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Politics and Military Administration in the Portuguese Atlantic World
Series: - History of Warfare, Volume: 155
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Once seen as an ultra-centralized structure, the Portuguese empire is now often portrayed as a headless entity, coaxed into action by restless overseas subjects. This book proposes a more nuanced approach. Through an in-depth analysis of imperial management structures and practices, this book shows that the military administration of Brazil rested on agreements with colonial polities: the Luso-Dutch war consolidated, for example, an extreme version of municipal autonomy. However, subsequent conflicts and the spectre of revolts expanded metropolitan intervention (long before we are told), although the service of colonial populations remained crucial for the Portuguese military forces.
Miguel Dantas da Cruz, Ph.D. (2013), is a research fellow at Instituto de Ciências Sociais—Universidade de Lisboa, where he has taught since 2017. He has published extensively on the history of the Portuguese Atlantic World and colonial Brazil.
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
List of Maps, Tables and Charts
Introduction
1 A Changing Political Landscape on the Home Front
2 Colonial Brazil: the Contested Venue
3 The Politics of Military Expenses I: Peripheries and Centre
4 The Politics of Military Expenses Ii: Metropolitan Infighting
5 Commissioning and Appointing: the Greatest Power of Them All
6 New Military Challenges and the Redefinition of Portugal’s Imperial Mindset
7 Military Forces, Imperial Policy, and Society
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
List of Maps, Tables and Charts
Introduction
1 A Changing Political Landscape on the Home Front
2 Colonial Brazil: the Contested Venue
3 The Politics of Military Expenses I: Peripheries and Centre
4 The Politics of Military Expenses Ii: Metropolitan Infighting
5 Commissioning and Appointing: the Greatest Power of Them All
6 New Military Challenges and the Redefinition of Portugal’s Imperial Mindset
7 Military Forces, Imperial Policy, and Society
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
The book is mainly written for scholars, researchers, and graduate students, but is also of interest for a wider public who wants to know more about early modern empires.