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Author Coates, Timothy J., 1952- author.

Title Convict labor in the Portuguese empire, 1740-1932 : redefining the empire with forced labor and new imperialism / by Timothy J. Coates
Published Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 205 pages .)
Series European expansion and Indigenous response ; volume 13
European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 13.
Contents General Editor's Preface; List of Maps, Plates, Illustrations, Charts, and Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Glossary of Foreign Terms; Major Personalities; Introduction; 1. Objectives; 2. Secondary Literature; 3. Related Aspects; 4. Exile as Punishment; 5. A Problem of Sources; 6. Archival Materials; 7. Fundamentals; Chapter One The Global Portuguese Penal System to circa 1830; 1.1 Introduction and Conclusion; 1.2 The Portuguese Use of Exile as Punishment; 1.3 Jails; 1.4 The Azores and Madeira; 1.5 Public Works; Chapter Two Setting the Stage for Africa
2.1 Introduction and Conclusion2.2 Brazil in Late Colonial Times; 2.3 Penal Reform in Portugal; 2.4 The Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa (SGL); 2.5 Islands in a Portuguese Sea; Chapter Three Colonial Realities in an Empire without Brazil; 3.1 Introduction and Conclusion; 3.2 Nineteenth Century Angola; 3.3 Earlier Efforts: Penal Colonies; 3.4 A Few Words About the Parallel Prison in Mozambique; 3.5 The Depósito Geral de Degredados in Luanda; 3.6 Organization and Administration; 3.7 Discipline and Punishment; 3.8 A Question of Numbers: Angola and Mozambique
Chapter Four Crimes, Punishments, Ages, and Origins of Convicts4.1 Introduction and Conclusion; 4.2 Ages and Origins of Prisoners; 4.3 Crimes and Punishments; 4.4 Petty Recidivists (Addidos); 4.5 Political Prisoners (Deportados); 4.6 Vagrants (Vadios); 4.7 Military Deportees; 4.8 Health; 4.9 Diet; 4.10 Uniforms; Chapter Five Work and Freedom; 5.1 Introduction and Conclusion; 5.2 Rehabilitation through Work; 5.3 What Did They Do in the Colony?; 5.4 Salaries and Deductions; 5.5 Exiting the Depósito; 5.6 The End of the Luanda Prison; Chapter Six Comparisons and Conclusions; 6.1 Introduction
6.2 The British6.3 The French; 6.4 The Spanish; 6.5 Secondary Punishment; 6.6 Major Differences; 6.7 Were the Depósitos Successes or Failures?; 6.8 The End of Degredo as Punishment; 6.9 A Question of Overall Numbers; 6.10 Lingering Questions and Concluding Remarks; Appendices; Appendix One; Appendix Two; Appendix Three; Appendix Four; Appendix Five; Appendix Six; Appendix Seven; Bibliography; Index
Summary In Convict Labor in the Portuguese Empire, Timothy J. Coates examines the numbers, rationale, and realities of convict labor (largely) in Angola from 1800 to 1932. Mozambique is a secondary area as well as late colonial times in Brazil
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Colonies
Emigration and immigration
Portuguese colonies
SUBJECT Convict labor -- Portugal -- Colonies -- History
Portugal -- Colonies -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Subject Portugal
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9004254315
9789004254312