This volume brings together the results of discussions and sharing of views and experiences of a group of scholars and socially involved persons. The focus of their concern is revealed in this book: They analyse the quantum change in the conditions of survival for the world ‘discovered’ by Europe and subsequently colonised by it. It is seen as a change that left nothing untouched, from physical nature to spiritual souls and their cultural heritage.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Teotonio R. De Souza
Teotonio R. de Souza (b. 18.2.1947). He is the Founder-Director of the Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Goa since 1979. He is the author of Medieval Goa and edited Indo-Portuguese History: Old Issues, New Questions(1985), Essays in Goan History (1987), Goa through the Ages: An Economic History (1990), Jesuits in India: In Historical Perspective (1992). He has also written extensively on Indo-Portuguese History and Church History in various academic and cultural journals in India and abroad. He is post-graduate teacher and Ph.D. research guide of the Goa University, and is Life-Member and Fellow of various associations of Historians, including Indian History Congress and the Portuguese Academy of History. He has convened national and international seminars since 1981, including the Third International Seminar on Indo-Portuguese History (ISIPH-3). He has convened the 7th Seminar of the same series for January 1994.
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