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The last empire : thirty years of Portuguese decolonization / edited by Stewart Lloyd-Jones and Antonio Costa Pinto.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decolonization--Portugal.
- Decolonization.
- Europe--Colonies--History.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 156 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol ; Portland : Intellect, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is the result of a conference organised by the Contemporary Portuguese Political History Research Centre (CPHRC) and the University of Dundee that took place during September 2000. The purpose of this conference, and the resulting book, was to bring together various experts in the field to analyse and debate the process of Portuguese decolonisation, which was then 25 years old, and the effects of this on the Portuguese themselves.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Pages; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1:The influence of overseas issues in Portugal's transition to democracy; 2:The transition to democracy and Portugal's decolonization; 3: São Tomé and Príncipe: decolonization and its legacy, 1974-90; 4: Macau, Timor and Portuguese India in the context of Portugal's recent decolonization; 5: Portugal and the CPLP: heightened expectations, unfounded disillusions; 6:What good is Portugal to an African?; 7: Portugal's lusophone African immigrants: colonial legacy in a contemporary labour market; 8: Portugal, Africa and the future; 9:The empire is dead, long live the EU; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610476909
- 9781280476907
- 1280476907
- 9781841508979
- 1841508977
- OCLC:
- 60365317
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