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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455826103321

Titolo

The last empire [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years of portuguese decolonization / / edited by Stewart Lloyd-Jones and Antonio Costa Pinto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol ; ; Portland, : Intellect, 2003

ISBN

1-280-47690-7

9786610476909

1-84150-897-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Lloyd-JonesStewart

PintoAntónio Costa

Disciplina

946.9044

Soggetti

Decolonization - Portugal

Electronic books.

Europe Colonies History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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 EUBibliography

Sommario/riassunto

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. For over one century, the Portuguese state



had defined its foreign policy on the basis of its vast empire &endash; this was the root of its 'Atlanticist' v