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Book SynopsisThis volume investigates what role colonial communities and diaspora have had in shaping the Portuguese empire and its heritage, exploring topics such as Portuguese migration to Africa, the Ismaili and the Swiss presence in Mozambique, the Goanese in East Africa, the Chinese in Brazil, and the history of the African presence in Portugal.
Trade Review“This is an extremely well-conceived, well-edited volume, shedding salutary light on a whole range of subjects related to diaspora and migration. It will be of great interest to those working on history, cultural studies, and politics.” (Gabriel Paquette, Luso-Brazilian Review, Vol. 52 (2), December, 2015)
"The role of the empire in building the grandeur of the Portuguese destiny has, as Imperial Migrations shows so excellently, obscured the multiple agencies involved in imperial constructions. Decentring empires involves acknowledging diasporas, and in so doing acknowledging the multiplicities inherent in the project of modernity, both in the past and in the present." - Toby Green, Africa, 84(4)
"This book provides a wide panorama [...] aim in 330 pages of the migrations within the spaces colonized by Portugal
and/or those of the people subjected to Portuguese colonization. [...] it allows us to draw interesting comparisons with
other imperial situations. Thus it contributes, by including the spaces colonized by Portugal, to current debates within the field of imperial studies, connected history, and global history." - Victor Pereira, African Affairs, 144(456)
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes of Contributors Introduction: Portugal, Empire and Migrations; E.Morier-Genoud & M.Cahen PART I: LONGUE-DUREE MIGRATIONS IN AND AROUND THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE 'Portuguese' Diasporas: A Survey of the Scholarly Literature; E.Alpers & M.Ball Africans in Portuguese Society: Classification Ambiguities and Colonial Realities; I.C.Henriques PART II: COLONIAL MIGRATIONS IN THE THIRD PORTUGUESE EMPIRE Colonial Migration to Angola and Mozambique: Constraints and Illusions; C.Castelo Imperial Actors? Cape Verdean Mentality in the Portuguese Empire Under the Estado Novo, 1926–1974; A.Keese Unlike the other Whites? The Swiss in Mozambique under Colonialism; S.Chichava The Ismailis of Mozambique. History of a Twofold Migration (late 19th Century-1975); N.Khouri & J.P.Leite PART III: MIGRATIONS AT THE MARGINS OF THE THIRD EMPIRE Representing the Portuguese Empire: Goan Consuls in British East Africa, c.1920-1950; M.Frenz The Making of a Portuguese Community in South Africa, 1900-1994; C.Glaser From Mozambique to Brazil: The 'Good Portuguese' of the Chinese Athletic Club; L.Macagno PART IV: IDEOLOGY AND HERITAGE Luso-African Intimacies: Conceptions of National and Transnational Community; R.Williams 'Mundo Pretuguês': Colonial and Postcolonial Diasporic Dis/articulations; A.Vakil 'Portugal is in the Sky': Conceptual Considerations on Communities, Lusitanity and Lusophony; M.Cahen Conclusion: Decolonization and Diaspora; J.Darwin Bibliography Index
