Colonial Land Legacies in the PortugueseSpeaking World by Susana Barnes HARDBACK

University of Calgary Press

Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking WorldAuthor(s): Susana Barnes, Laura S. Meitzner Yoder\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Calgary Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Calgary Press\nISBN-13: 9781773856322, 978-1773856322\nSynopsis\nColonial 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. \n\nPortuguese colonialism was shaped by shifting political and economic priorities. From trading routes to plantation economies and extractive industries, land became central to Portuguese colonial intere.