RT Journal Article
T1 The Jewish Presence in China and Japan in the Early Modern Period: A Social Representation
A1 De Sousa, Lucio
K1 Jewish Diaspora
K1 China
K1 Japan
K1 Trade Networks
K1 Slavery
K1 Early Modern World
K1 Proyecto GECEM
AB 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.
PB Palgrave Macmillan
SN 978-981-10-4052-8
SN 978-981-10-4053-5
YR 2018
FD 2018-01-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/5119
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/5119
LA en
NO En M. Perez Garcia and L. de Sousa (eds.), Global History and New Polycentric Approaches, Palgrave Studies in Comparative Global History
NO GECEM Project, Global Encounters between China and Europe: Trade Networks, Consumption and Cultural Exchanges in Macau and Marseille (1680-1840), ERC (European Research Council)- Starting Grant, programa Horizon 2020, número de ref. 679371, www.gecem.eu.
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RD May 6, 2026