Convict labor in the Portuguese empire, 1740-1932 : redefining the empire with forced labor and new imperialism / by Timothy J. Coates.

Forced convict labor provided the Portuguese with solutions to the growing criminal population at home and the lack of infrastructure in Angola and Mozambique. In Convict Labor in the Portuguese Empire, Timothy J. Coates examines the role of large numbers of convicts in Portuguese Africa from 1800 u...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 13.
Main Author: Coates, Timothy J., 1952-
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2014.
Series:European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 13.
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Physical Description:xxvi, 205 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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