Historiography Of Europeans In Africa And Asia, 1450–1800 (an Expanding World: The European Impact On World History, 1450 To 1800)

The first part of this volume deals with the changes and continuities in historical approaches over the last fifty years, with three further sections focusing on initial contacts, formal presences, and informal presences. Emphasis has been placed on the major European players in Asia and Africa before 1800 - the Portuguese, Dutch and English, without neglecting the role played by the French, Spanish, Scandinavians and others. Cover 1 Half TItle 2 Series Page 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgements 8 General Editor’s Preface 10 Introductory Essay 14 PART ONE — ON INVESTIGATING AND UNDERSTANDING EUROPEAN PRESENCES: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL CHANGE AND CONTINUITY 32 1 On the Eighteenth Century as a Category in Indonesian History 32 2 Some Considerations on Portuguese Colonial Historiography 58 3 Retrospect on J.C. van Leur’s Essay on the Eighteenth Century as a Category in Asian History 70 PART TWO — ON BEGINNINGS: MAKING CONTACTS, CONFRONTING THE UNFAMILIAR AND SURVIVING 84 4 The European Approach to the Interior of Africa in the Eighteenth Century 84 5 New Data on European Mortality in West Africa: The Dutch on the Gold Coast, 1719-1760 100 6 Prince Henry and the Origins of European Expansion 116 7 Early Ming Images of the Portuguese 144 PART THREE — ON FORMAL PRESENCES: ORGANIZED SETTLEMENTS AND THE TREND TOWARDS DOMINION 158 8 Early English Trade and Settlement in Asia, 1602-1690 158 9 The Portuguese on the Zambesi: An Historical Interpretation of the Prazo System 186 10 Freehold Farmers and Frontier Settlers, 1657-1780 205 11 Economic and Political Expansion: The Case of Oudh 248 PART FOUR — INFORMAL PRESENCES: INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISE AND MERGING IN 266 12 Exiles and Renegades in Early Sixteenth Century Portuguese Asia 266 13 Indian Merchants and English Private Interests: 1659-1760 280 14 Merchant in Royal Service: Constant Phaulkon as Phraklang in Ayuthaya, 1683-1688 296 15 European Exiles, Renegades and Outlaws and the Maritime Economy of Asia, c. 1500-1750 320 Index 342 This volume deals with the changes and continuities in historical approaches over the last 50 years. It also focuses on initial contacts, formal presences and informal presences. Emphasis is placed on the major European players in Asia and Africa before 1800 - the Portuguese, Dutch and English.