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Souls, Spices and Sex The Struggle for European Ascendancy in Portuguese India (1510 – 1961)

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Lourdino Alberto Rodrigues

This book is about Afonso de Albuquerque’s grand dream of creating in Asia a community of people who would be loyal to the Portuguese crown

This book is about Afonso de Albuquerque’s grand dream of creating in Asia a community of people who would be loyal to the Portuguese crown not just politically, but emotionally as well. Albuquerque had conceived a three pronged attack on Goan identity: conversion to Christianity, annihilation of the native language and the mixing of the blood. Once these three roots of identity – religion, language and race – were severed, Albuquerque expected Goans to be a lost people, naturally gravitating towards a Portuguese identity. About the Author Prof. L. A. Rodrigues was a teacher of Portuguese at the Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Miramar. 160p/Paperback/5.5×8.5

Author

Lourdino Alberto Rodrigues

Publisher

CinnamonTeal Publishing

ISBN

9789387676145

Pages

160

Year of Publication

2018

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