Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World

Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World presents a comparative exploration of the enduring impacts of Portuguese colonial land governance in Portugal and across five former Portuguese colonies: Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Flores, and Portuguese Timor. Through ethnographic, historical...

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description Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World presents a comparative exploration of the enduring impacts of Portuguese colonial land governance in Portugal and across five former Portuguese colonies: Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Flores, and Portuguese Timor. Through ethnographic, historical, and legal analyses, the book investigates how colonial land policies and interventions were not simply implemented and forgotten but have shaped contemporary land access, governance, and socio-economic structures in profound ways. Portuguese colonialism was shaped by shifting political and economic priorities. From trading routes to plantation economies and extractive industries, land became central to Portuguese colonial interests. Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World investigates the bureaucratic mechanisms employed by Portuguese authorities to regulate land, highlighting how these systems were frequently manipulated by elites to consolidate power and control over resources. It explores Indigenous-settler entanglements, illustrating how colonial land policies interacted with local governance systems, leading to contested and hybrid forms of land control shaped by both resistance and adaptation. Finally, it focuses on the global capitalist motivations driving land policies, particularly the use of large-scale concessions for plantations, and how these practices continue to shape contemporary land ownership and economic inequalities in post-colonial contexts. Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World is a critical and comparative analysis of colonial land governance and its afterlives. It highlights how these legacies continue to shape contemporary struggles over land, making it essential to address them in the pursuit of more equitable land governance. Through its case studies, the book contributes to broader discussions on the relationships between land, power, and colonialism, offering insights into the ongoing challenges of land policy and practice in post-colonial contexts.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1670552025-10-16T12:11:57Z Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World Barnes, Susana Yoder, Laura S. Meitzner anthropology history indigenous studies colonialism land control land reform land rights land concessions forced relocation capitalism post-colonial brazil angola mozambique flores portugese timor portugal thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies::JBSL11 Indigenous peoples thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPN Indigenous people: governance and politics Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World presents a comparative exploration of the enduring impacts of Portuguese colonial land governance in Portugal and across five former Portuguese colonies: Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Flores, and Portuguese Timor. Through ethnographic, historical, and legal analyses, the book investigates how colonial land policies and interventions were not simply implemented and forgotten but have shaped contemporary land access, governance, and socio-economic structures in profound ways. Portuguese colonialism was shaped by shifting political and economic priorities. From trading routes to plantation economies and extractive industries, land became central to Portuguese colonial interests. Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World investigates the bureaucratic mechanisms employed by Portuguese authorities to regulate land, highlighting how these systems were frequently manipulated by elites to consolidate power and control over resources. It explores Indigenous-settler entanglements, illustrating how colonial land policies interacted with local governance systems, leading to contested and hybrid forms of land control shaped by both resistance and adaptation. Finally, it focuses on the global capitalist motivations driving land policies, particularly the use of large-scale concessions for plantations, and how these practices continue to shape contemporary land ownership and economic inequalities in post-colonial contexts. Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World is a critical and comparative analysis of colonial land governance and its afterlives. It highlights how these legacies continue to shape contemporary struggles over land, making it essential to address them in the pursuit of more equitable land governance. Through its case studies, the book contributes to broader discussions on the relationships between land, power, and colonialism, offering insights into the ongoing challenges of land policy and practice in post-colonial contexts. 2025-10-16T12:11:56Z 2025-10-16T12:11:56Z 2025-10-06T11:26:42Z 2025 book ONIX_20251006T132422_9781773856360_2 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/106295 9781773856360 9781773856339 9781773856346 9781773856353 https://admin.directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/167055 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/106295/1/9781773856360.pdf University of Calgary Press University of Calgary Press 388fac32-9167-49a8-bb2b-bc9412a7d937 9781773856360 9781773856339 9781773856346 9781773856353 University of Calgary Press 312 Calgary open access
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history
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colonialism
land control
land reform
land rights
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mozambique
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPN Indigenous people: governance and politics
Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World
title Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World
title_full Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World
title_fullStr Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World
title_full_unstemmed Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World
title_short Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World
title_sort colonial land legacies in the portuguese speaking world
topic anthropology
history
indigenous studies
colonialism
land control
land reform
land rights
land concessions
forced relocation
capitalism
post-colonial
brazil
angola
mozambique
flores
portugese timor
portugal
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies::JBSL11 Indigenous peoples
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPN Indigenous people: governance and politics
topic_facet anthropology
history
indigenous studies
colonialism
land control
land reform
land rights
land concessions
forced relocation
capitalism
post-colonial
brazil
angola
mozambique
flores
portugese timor
portugal
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies::JBSL11 Indigenous peoples
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPN Indigenous people: governance and politics
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