The internationalisation of the 'native labour' question in Portuguese late colonialism, 1945-1965 / José Pedro Monteiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monteiro, José Pedro, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

McWilliams-Tattersall Fund.

Series:

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forced labor--Portugal--History--20th century.

Forced labor.

Forced labor--Africa--History--20th century.

Portugal--Colonies--Africa--History--20th century.

Portugal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 230 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contents

1 Introduction

2 The Reconfiguration of International Standards and Portuguese "Native Labour" Policies (1945-1949)

Confronting the "Inanity of Principles"

The Reorganization of the Empire and the Problem of "Native Labour"

3 The End of the "Happy Times": The Renewed Internationalization of Debates on Labour Freedom

That "Which Should Not Be Forgotten"

"Give Remedy to What Can Be Remedied": The Workings of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Forced Labour

Between Social Reform and International Integration

4 A Long and Troubled Process: The Ratification of the 1930 Forced Labour Convention

"A Grain of Truth": Basil Davidson and the Colonial Question in the Empire

The Ratification of Convention No. 29

5 Portuguese Colonialism and the Expansion of the Internationalization of the "Native Labour" Question

Freedom of Work Once Again

Between the "Native" and the "Aboriginal": The ILO and the Imperial Legal-Political Order

A Particular Kind of "Reformism"

6 Ghana's Complaint Against the Portuguese Empire at the ILO (1961-1962)

Internal Reform and External Action

"The Most Advanced Law in All of Africa"

7 Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 02, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the McWilliams-Tattersall Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Monteiro, José Pedro. Internationalisation of the 'native labour' question in Portuguese late colonialism, 1945-1965.

ISBN:

9783031051401

3031051408

Publisher Number:

99992477130

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