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2 years ago in Academia & Research , History By Nirav

Can anyone recommend recent, accessible academic studies on Portugal–Brazil commercial relations in the early modern period for a graduate‑level reading list?

I’m assembling a graduate seminar reading list on early modern Atlantic economies. I need 4–5 recent, impactful studies (monographs or landmark articles) on Portugal?Brazil commerce that are engaging and illustrate current methodological trends. The selections should be available in English (or have strong English summaries) and ideally open?access or widely held in university libraries. Topics could include the sugar and gold cycles, the role of Lisbon and Brazilian ports, or the impact of treaties (like Methuen). What would be your top recommendations?

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By Novi Tulipe Answered 1 year ago

For a graduate list, I recommend these accessible, English?language works:
Cátia Antunes, Globalisation in the Early Modern Period (2004) – re?frames Amsterdam?Lisbon?Brazil links.
Ernesto Castro Leal (ed.), O Brasil na Monarquia Hispânica (2020) – several key chapters in English on Iberian integration.
“The Atlantic Economy and Colonial Brazil’s Internal Market” (article by J. F. Furtado in Journal of Latin American Studies) – challenges top?down models.
Leonor Freire Costa et al., An Economic History of Portugal (2016) – clear quantitative overview of trade flows.
Roquinaldo Ferreira, Cross?Cultural Trade in the Atlantic World (2012) – examines Angola?Brazil?Portugal networks, superb for discussing agency.
All are available in major university libraries; articles can often be found via JSTOR or Academia.edu. They balance macro?analysis with micro?case studies, perfect for seminar debate.

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