%0 Journal Article
%A De Sousa, Lucio
%T The Jewish Presence in China and Japan in the Early Modern Period: A Social Representation
%D 2018
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10433/5119
%X Judeo-conversos played a very important role in the Atlantic trade carriedout by Portugal and Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries;yet, their presence in China and Japan, barring some specific cases,has remained unknown. The first reason for this absence is due to thefact that the inquisitorial records collected in Goa and covering thePortuguese communities established in these regions have not survived.The second reason is related to the very morphology of this group commonlyknown as Nação Portuguesa (Portuguese nation: this is how thePortuguese Jews would refer to themselves). Spread over several continentsand empires, managing to stay socially connected, the Judeoconversoswho participated and created commercial networks as theirdiaspora extended from the Iberian Peninsula to Macau and Nagasakialso developed various strategies to remain hidden.
%K Jewish Diaspora
%K China
%K Japan
%K Trade Networks
%K Slavery
%K Early Modern World
%K Proyecto GECEM
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