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Birmingham, David.

Portugal and Africa / David Birmingham. - Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1999. - 1 volume

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-193) and index.

The late-medieval Portuguese who arrived in Africa were colonizers in the Roman style, gold merchants on an imperial scale, conquistadores in the Hispanic tradition. Although their empire struggled to survive centuries of Dutch and English competition, it revived in the 20th century on a tide of white migration. Settlers, however, brought racial conflict as well as economic modernization and Portuguese colonies went through spasms of violence which resembled those of Algeria and South Africa. Liberation eventually came but peoples of the old colonial cities clung tightly to their acquired traditions, eating Portuguese dishes, writing Portuguese poetry, and studying in Portuguese universities.

ISBN: 0312223196 9780312223199

LCCN: 99011300

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9949191 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Portuguese colonies.
Kolonialismus
Geschichte

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Angola--History.
Africa, Portuguese-speaking--History.
Portugal--Colonies--Africa--History.
Angola--Histoire.
Afrique lusophone--Histoire.
Portuguese-speaking Africa.
Angola.
Portugal
Afrika
Angola

Subjects--Index Terms: History Colonies Colonialism Africa Angola Portugal

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: DT1325 / .B53