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Empire and Decolonization in Portuguese Africa
2022Abstract This chapter addresses some of the most important historical processes that shaped Portuguese late colonialism and decolonization from 1945 to 1975. The authors argue that to fully apprehend the dynamics that led to the transfers of power, the independence of several former Portuguese African colonies, and its post-imperial ...
Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo +1 more
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Legacies of the Portuguese Colonial Empire
2023Decolonization represented the end of colonial rule, but did not eradicate imperial and colonial categories and mythologies. Situated in the wider context of European colonial legacies, this book looks at the legacies of the Portuguese empire in today’s Portugal. Using an interdisciplinary agenda, with contributions from experts in the fields
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THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE EMPIRES
2007The processes of Spanish and Portuguese empire building in the Americas famously began on 12 October 1492 when Christopher Columbus first set foot upon a small island in the Bahamas. Columbus had set off from Spain with the backing of the Catholic monarchs, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, with the aim of reaching the Indies, and was ...
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Foundations of the Portuguese Empire, 1415-1580.
The Hispanic American Historical Review, 1978Francis A. Dutra +2 more
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Portuguese Seafarers: Informal Agents of Empire-Building
2015During the sixteenth century, Portugal — a small kingdom with a relatively small population and few urban centres apart from Lisbon1 — was the first European power to promote regular maritime routes which allowed global exchanges. The idea that this was a process driven by the state is still commonplace, yet the Portuguese crown lacked the financial ...
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The Portuguese Seaborne Empire: 1415-1825
The William and Mary Quarterly, 1971Richard Graham, Charles R. Boxer
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Chapter One. The Portuguese Empire In Asia
2011This chapter outlines the situation at home in Portugal and in the Portuguese East during the half-century prior to the 1700s, with added attention being given to the last twenty years. How early modern overseas empires were governed before the Industrial Revolution has always been a subject of fascination for historians of empire.
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