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Apartment for sale in Campal/Miramar area, Panaji, Goa. Spacious 3 bedroom flat (3BHK)available for sale in upscale area near Miramar beach Contact: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Medieval Goa' new edition launch on Friday in Goa PANJIM, Aug 17: A new edition of a prominent book on Indo-Portuguese history, 'Medieval Goa', is to be launched later this week, during the visit of prominent historian Dr Teotonio R. de Souza to Goa. Souza, founder-director of the Xavier Centre of Historical Research at Porvorim, is currently head of the Department of History in the Universidade Lusofona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon. 'Medieval Goa' attempts to take a closer look at the "commonman's reality" in rural and urban Goa during the early phase of Portuguese colonial rule here. First published in 1979, the book has been out of print for long. It is now once again available, after being republished by the Panjim-based prominent book outlet Broadway Book Centre and alternative publishers Goa,1556 of Saligao. This book, with Goa as its focus, looks at Portugal's rivals and neighbours in South Asia, the Goan rural heritage, agrarian organisation, and the urban "topography and demography" of Goa. It also looks at centuries old municipal organisation of our region, and urban economic life. One unique addition of the book is a 22-page bibliographical essay. It lists and explains the worth of the primary sources -- both published and archival -- that is of relevance to anyone wanting to study the Goa of the yesteryears. These include official chronicles from Portuguese times, missionary reports, travelogues, and state papers. Archival sources include treasures at the Historical Archives of Goa, records of farmed revenues, land and revenue registers, village community records, papers of the suppressed convents, municipal records and private records in Goa. It also offers pointers to State archives abroad, and records from private collections abroad. This 284-page book is priced at Rs 395 (pb) and Rs 495 (hb), and will be released on Aug 21, 2009 at the Goa Chambers of Commerce and Industry Hall at 5.15 pm. The book (pb.) is also available via mail-order from [email protected] for Rs 800 (internationally, including p&p, by registered air mail) and for Rs 450 within India, including postage and packing. When first published almost a generation ago, the late Professor Charles Boxer said the author "has been able to make major contributions to [problems posed], through a critical reading and evaluation of the relevant documentation." Boxer is considered one of the best British historians of early European overseas expansion and empire-building in Asia and Brazil. Goa University vice chancellor Prof Dileep Deobagkar and NRI Commissioner Eduardo Faleiro will be the guests of honour and release the book. Earlier, a panel discussion with writer Dr Maria Aurora Couto and historians Dr Teotonio de Souza, Dr Pratima Kamat, Dr Celsa Pinto, Susheela Sawant Mendes and Dr Nandkumar Kamat will debate 'The role of the historian in Goa today'. ENDS -- See more details here Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/
