The Internationalisation of the 'Native Labour' Question in Portuguese Late Colonialism, 1945-1962 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

This volume addresses the ways the 'native labour' question in the Portuguese late colonial empire in Africa became a recurrent topic of international and transnational debate and regulation after the Second World War. As other European colonial empires were tentatively transforming their labour and social policies in the aftermath of the war, the Portuguese Empire in Africa resisted significant changes in this domain, preserving a strict dual labour regime. As a result, a growing number of individuals, networks and institutions abroad engaged with labour and social realities in Portuguese African colonies, giving origin to a series of instances of denunciation of labour-related abuses. Portuguese authorities responded to these initiatives by selectively engaging with international norms, languages and mechanisms. However, as global decolonisation gained momentum, international and transnational events and processes would significantly constrain Portuguese imperial and colonial decision-making procedures, with the aim of retaining the empire. Therefore, the 'native labour' question became in its own right a crucial political and diplomatic element of the broader struggles over the meaning of Portuguese imperial legitimacy. As this volume argues, these historical processes are critical to properly understanding the history of Portuguese late colonialism and its protracted trajectory of decolonisation.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Release date:	November 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	Jose Pedro Monteiro
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	230
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-105139-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > History > African history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	3-03-105139-4
Barcode:	9783031051395

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