Colonial land legacies in the Portuguese-speaking world / edited by Susanna Barnes and Laura S. Meitzner Yoder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barnes, Susana, editor.

Yoder, Laura S. Meitzner, editor.

Series:

Global indigenous issues series ; no. 5.

Global Indigenous Issues Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Land tenure.

Indigenous peoples.

Land tenure--Portuguese-speaking countries.

Land tenure.

Land use--Portuguese-speaking countries.

Land use.

Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Portuguese-speaking countries.

Indigenous peoples--Portuguese-speaking countries--Government relations.

Settler colonialism--Portuguese-speaking countries.

Settler colonialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, 2025.

Summary:

This book delves into the enduring effects of Portuguese colonial land policies and practices on Indigenous communities and landscapes in the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world. Edited by Susanna Barnes and Laura S. Meitzner Yoder, the volume is part of the Global Indigenous Issues series, which examines the cultural, political, social, and environmental struggles of Indigenous peoples in para-colonial and post-colonial societies. Featuring contributions from various scholars, the book explores topics such as land governance, economic structures like plantation systems, Indigenous land rights, and the socio-political impact of colonial land legacies. It provides comparative perspectives across nations including Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, and Timor-Leste, highlighting the intersections of land use, settler policies, and Indigenous autonomy. The book is intended for academics, policymakers, and readers interested in colonial history, land governance, and Indigenous studies. Generated by AI.

Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World explores the lasting impacts of Portuguese colonial land policies. Through ethnographic, historical, and legal lenses, it highlights how these policies continue to shape contemporary land governance, Indigenous-settler relations, and socio-economic inequalities. Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World presents a comparative exploration of the enduring impacts of Portuguese colonial land governance in Portugal and across five former Portuguese colonies: Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Flores, and Portuguese Timor. Through ethnographic, historical, and legal analyses, the book investigates how colonial land policies and interventions were not simply implemented and forgotten but have shaped contemporary land access, governance, and socio-economic structures in profound ways. Portuguese colonialism was shaped by shifting political and economic priorities. From trading routes to plantation economies and extractive industries, land became central to Portuguese colonial interests. Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World investigates the bureaucratic mechanisms employed by Portuguese authorities to regulate land, highlighting how these systems were frequently manipulated by elites to consolidate power and control over resources. It explores Indigenous-settler entanglements, illustrating how colonial land policies interacted with local governance systems, leading to contested and hybrid forms of land control shaped by both resistance and adaptation. Finally, it focuses on the global capitalist motivations driving land policies, particularly the use of large-scale concessions for plantations, and how these practices continue to shape contemporary land ownership and economic inequalities in post-colonial contexts. Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World is a critical and comparative analysis of colonial land governance and its afterlives. It highlights how these legacies continue to shape contemporary struggles over land, making it essential to address them in the pursuit of more equitable land governance. Through its case studies, the book contributes to broader discussions on the relationships among land, power, and colonialism, offering insights into the ongoing challenges of land policy and practice in post-colonial contexts."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Foreword | Colonial Land Legacies: Questions and Insights from Southeast Asia

Introduction | Colonial Portuguese Land Legacies in Comparative Perspective

PART I | Administrative Practices and Governance Strategies

1 | The Roots of Inequality: Sesmaria Land Grants in Colonial Brazil

2 | From Squatters to Smallholders? Configurations of African Land Access in Central and Southern Colonial Mozambique, 1910s-1940s

3 | "Everyday" Displacements in Colonial Angola: Changing Political Geographies of Infrastructure, Gender, and Quotidian Village Concentration

4 | Baldios, Communal Land, and the Portuguese Colonial Legacy in Timor-Leste

PART II | Indigenous-Settler Entanglements

5 | Dutch Colonialism and Portuguese Land Legacies in Flores

6 | Land Access in a Slave Society: The Case of Maranhão Province, Northern Brazil

7 | The Impact of Portuguese Development Thought and Practice on Land Relations in the Late Portuguese Colonial Period

8 | The Remaking of Territories and Political Institutions: Community Land Delimitation in Northern Mozambique

PART III | Economic Imperatives and Global Articulations

9 | The Trajectory of the Plantation System in Mozambique: The Case of Madal in Micaúne

10 | Land Governance as a Source of Legal Opportunities in Struggles Around Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Mozambique

11 | Colonial Concessions: The Antinomies of Land Policy in Portuguese Timor

Afterword | The Amphibious Colonial Empire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1773856359

9781773856360

1773856340

9781773856353

OCLC:

1516252859