Imperial Migrations: Colonial Communities and Diaspora in the Portuguese World

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: Portugal, Empire, and Migrations — Was There Ever an Autonomous Social Imperial Space?....Pages 1-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
‘Portuguese’ Diasporas: A Survey of the Scholarly Literature....Pages 31-71
Africans in Portuguese Society: Classification Ambiguities and Colonial Realities....Pages 72-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Colonial Migration to Angola and Mozambique: Constraints and Illusions....Pages 107-128
Imperial Actors? Cape Verdean Mentality in the Portuguese Empire under the Estado Novo, 1926–1974....Pages 129-148
Unlike the Other Whites? The Swiss in Mozambique under Colonialism....Pages 149-167
The Ismailis of Mozambique: History of a Twofold Migration (late 19th century-1975)....Pages 168-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Representing the Portuguese Empire: Goan Consuls in British East Africa, c. 1910–1963....Pages 193-212
The Making of a Portuguese Community in South Africa, 1900–1994....Pages 213-238
From Mozambique to Brazil: The ‘Good Portuguese’ of the Chinese Athletic Club....Pages 239-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Luso-African Intimacies: Conceptions of National and Transnational Community....Pages 265-285
Mundo Pretuguês: Colonial and Postcolonial Diasporic Dis/articulations....Pages 286-296
‘Portugal Is in the Sky’: Conceptual Considerations on Communities, Lusitanity, and Lusophony....Pages 297-315
Conclusion: Decolonisation and Diaspora....Pages 316-326
Back Matter....Pages 327-351