The 'Civilising Mission' of Portuguese Colonialism, 1870-1930
Author:   Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
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Pages:   269
Publication Date:   10 December 2018
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The 'Civilising Mission' of Portuguese Colonialism, 1870-1930


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Author:   Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349675487


ISBN 10:   1349675482
Pages:   269
Publication Date:   10 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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PART I: THE 'CIVILISATION GUILD': NATIVE LABOUR AND PORTUGUESE COLONIALISM 1. Between Benevolence and Inevitability: The 'Civilising Mission' of Portuguese Colonialism 2. The Civilisation Guild and the 'Engineers of Depression': The Case of the S. Thomé Cocoa 3. 'Redemptive Labour' and the Missionaries of the Alphabet PART II: COLONIALISM WITHOUT BORDERS 4. Bibles, Flags and Transnational Loyalties: Educating Empires 5. New Methods, Old Conclusions: The Ross Report Conclusion

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Miguel Bandeira Jeronimo's sophisticated and detailed study of the Portuguese 'civilising mission' in Africa is an especially welcome contribution to the field. ... This is a significant new addition to the literature on Portuguese Africa and it will be especially welcomed not only by Africanists but also labor historians as well as those focused on New Imperialism. (Timothy Coates, American Historical Review, Vol. 121 (4), October, 2016)


Miguel Bandeira Jeronimo's sophisticated and detailed study of the Portuguese `civilising mission' in Africa is an especially welcome contribution to the field. ... This is a significant new addition to the literature on Portuguese Africa and it will be especially welcomed not only by Africanists but also labor historians as well as those focused on New Imperialism. (Timothy Coates, American Historical Review, Vol. 121 (4), October, 2016)


Author Information

Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo is Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal. His interests focus on the Comparative Histories of Imperialism and Colonialism. He recently published A diplomacia do império and edited O império colonial em questão (both in 2012), and co-edited Portugal e o fim do colonialismo (2014) and The Ends of European Colonial Empires: Cases and Comparisons (2015).

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