Postcolonial People
Postcolonial People by Christoph Kalter, published by Cambridge University Press on May 26, 2022, is a comprehensive examination of the historical processes and consequences of decolonization, particularly focusing on the experiences of Portuguese settlers who returned to Portugal following the 1974 Carnation Revolution. This edition spans 351 pages and is presented in English, offering insights into how the end of empire influenced identities and power structures within Europe.
The book delves into the migration and integration of over half a million returnees from Angola, Mozambique, and other regions of Portugal’s former empire, addressing themes of colonial racism and its enduring impacts. By exploring the paradox of return migrations within the broader context of twentieth-century global history, Postcolonial People highlights the complexities of national identity and the persistent significance of the nation-state in shaping these experiences. This scholarly work contributes to ongoing discussions in political science and international relations, making it a valuable resource for those interested in colonialism and post-colonialism.
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Having built much of their wealth, power, and identities on imperial expansion, how did the Portuguese and, by extension, Europeans deal with the end of empire? Postcolonial People explores the processes and consequences of decolonization through the histories of over half a million Portuguese settlers who ‘returned’ following the 1974 Carnation Revolution from Angola, Mozambique, and other parts of Portugal’s crumbling empire to their country of origin and citizenship, itself undergoing significant upheaval. Looking comprehensively at the returnees’ history and memory for the first time, this book contributes to debates about colonial racism and its afterlives. It studies migration, ‘refugeeness,’ and integration to expose an apparent paradox: The end of empire and the return migrations it triggered belong to a global history of the twentieth century and are shaped by transnational dynamics. However, they have done nothing to dethrone the primacy of the nation-state. If anything, they have reinforced it.
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