Colonial landscapes in former portuguese southern africa a brief historiographical analysis based on the colonial transport networks

This article is part of the research project 'Coast to Coast- Late Portuguese Infrastructural Development in Continental Africa (Angola and Mozambique): Critical and Historical Analysis and Postcolonial Assessment' funded by Foundation for Science and Technology. Its aims to contribute to...

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Published inAfrican geographical review Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 214 - 230
Main Author Vaz Milheiro, Ana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 03.07.2021
Subjects
angola
mozambique
Portuguese late colonialism
territorial infrastructure
transport networks
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Summary:This article is part of the research project 'Coast to Coast- Late Portuguese Infrastructural Development in Continental Africa (Angola and Mozambique): Critical and Historical Analysis and Postcolonial Assessment' funded by Foundation for Science and Technology. Its aims to contribute to expanding the historiographical debate on the repercussions of the decisions taken by the Portuguese through the perspective of transport and territorial mobility during the colonial period, considering the late Constitutional Monarchy; the First Republic; and the Estado Novo dictatorship. The main sources used are related to the Colonial Public Works reports released from the late 19th century onwards.
ISSN:1937-6812
2163-2642
DOI:10.1080/19376812.2021.1910851