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Filhos da Terra
Mestizos Identities at the Margins of Portuguese Imperial Expansion
Series: - European Expansion and Indigenous Response, Volume: 45
Filhos da Terra narrates the history over time of the so-called âPortuguese communitiesâ living outside the boundaries of the Portuguese Empire but identified locally and by other European empires as âPortugueseâ. Concepts such as âtribeâ, âdiasporaâ, and âsociety of métissageâ have been widely used to define these groups.
In Filhos da Terra, António Manuel Hespanha sets the stage to analyse a process of creolization that followed the Portuguese maritime expansion and consequent colonial buildup after 1415 and until 1800. This translated edition of his work opens up the possibility for future critical scholarly and public comparative discussions about diversity, identities, and identifications in the context of European empire building.
Contributors are: Cátia Antunes, Zoltan Biedermann, Tamar Herzog, Noelle Richardson, Sophie Rose, and Ãngela Barreto Xavier.
In Filhos da Terra, António Manuel Hespanha sets the stage to analyse a process of creolization that followed the Portuguese maritime expansion and consequent colonial buildup after 1415 and until 1800. This translated edition of his work opens up the possibility for future critical scholarly and public comparative discussions about diversity, identities, and identifications in the context of European empire building.
Contributors are: Cátia Antunes, Zoltan Biedermann, Tamar Herzog, Noelle Richardson, Sophie Rose, and Ãngela Barreto Xavier.
António Manuel Hespanha was Professor of Legal History and Theory of Law at the Faculty of Law, Nova University of Lisbon. His major work As Vésperas do Leviathan (1986) was groundbreaking in establishing a new history of the political institutions and of the nature of the State in Portugal in the Early Modern period. A prolific writer, he was guest professor at Yale University, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, University of Macau and the Ãcole des Hautes Ãtudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris). He was also the General Commissioner for the Commemoration of the Portuguese Discoveries Committee (1995-1998). For all his academic, intellectual, and political contributions, he was awarded the honor of Grand Official of the Military Order of SantâIago da Espada (2000) by the President of the Republic of Portugal, Jorge Sampaio.
Cátia Antunes, Ph.D. (2004), Leiden University, is Professor of Global Economic Networks: Merchants, Entrepreneurs and Empires at that university. She has published on the comparative history of empires, merchant culture(s), and entrepreneurship and empire, including Merchant Cultures: A Global Approach to Spaces, Representations and Worlds of Trade, 1500-1800, edited with Francisco Bethencourt (Brill, 2022).
Noelle Richardson, Ph.D. (2019), European University Institute, is currently a researcher at Leiden University. Her work focuses on the history of empire and the global economy in Asia through questions of subjecthood and citizenship, issues of race, gender and caste identities, and the social and economic history of the Indian Ocean. Her recent publications include "Managing Diversity in the Eighteenth-Century Portuguese Estado da Ãndia", e-Journal of Portuguese History 20 (1): 40-66.
Cátia Antunes, Ph.D. (2004), Leiden University, is Professor of Global Economic Networks: Merchants, Entrepreneurs and Empires at that university. She has published on the comparative history of empires, merchant culture(s), and entrepreneurship and empire, including Merchant Cultures: A Global Approach to Spaces, Representations and Worlds of Trade, 1500-1800, edited with Francisco Bethencourt (Brill, 2022).
Noelle Richardson, Ph.D. (2019), European University Institute, is currently a researcher at Leiden University. Her work focuses on the history of empire and the global economy in Asia through questions of subjecthood and citizenship, issues of race, gender and caste identities, and the social and economic history of the Indian Ocean. Her recent publications include "Managing Diversity in the Eighteenth-Century Portuguese Estado da Ãndia", e-Journal of Portuguese History 20 (1): 40-66.
General Series Editorâs Preface
List of Illustrations
Foreword: Filhos da Terra in English â The Raison DâÃtre
The Legal Dimensions of Empire: Filhos da Terra and the Normative Order
Portuguese Identity, Métissage and Liminality
Translatorâs Note
Glossary
Introduction
â1 A âPortugueseâ Identity?
â2 The Analytical Perspective
1 Chapter title to be come
â1 The Portuguese âInformal Empireâ
â2 The âShadow Empireâ
â3 Developments in the âHistoriography of the Atlanticâ
2 Chapter title to be come
â1 Methodological Approaches in the Historiography of the âInformal Empireâ
â2 Notes of Caution
â3 Observing Identity: Methodological Questions
3 Chapter title to be come
â1 The âProvinces of the Shadow Empire
â2 Guinea
â3 The Americas
â4 Angola
â5 Mozambique
â6 The Indian Ocean and South Asia
â7 Mainland Southeast Asia
â8 The Far East
4 Chapter title to be come
â1 The âPortuguese Tribeâ
5 Chapter title to be come
â1 Power and Governance in the âShadow Empireâ
6 Chapter title to be come
â1 Questions of Identity: External Differentiation and Internal Homogeneity
7 Chapter title to be come
â1 The Universalism of the Portuguese
Afterthoughts: Conversing about Diversity in Empire
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
Foreword: Filhos da Terra in English â The Raison DâÃtre
The Legal Dimensions of Empire: Filhos da Terra and the Normative Order
Portuguese Identity, Métissage and Liminality
Translatorâs Note
Glossary
Introduction
â1 A âPortugueseâ Identity?
â2 The Analytical Perspective
1 Chapter title to be come
â1 The Portuguese âInformal Empireâ
â2 The âShadow Empireâ
â3 Developments in the âHistoriography of the Atlanticâ
2 Chapter title to be come
â1 Methodological Approaches in the Historiography of the âInformal Empireâ
â2 Notes of Caution
â3 Observing Identity: Methodological Questions
3 Chapter title to be come
â1 The âProvinces of the Shadow Empire
â2 Guinea
â3 The Americas
â4 Angola
â5 Mozambique
â6 The Indian Ocean and South Asia
â7 Mainland Southeast Asia
â8 The Far East
4 Chapter title to be come
â1 The âPortuguese Tribeâ
5 Chapter title to be come
â1 Power and Governance in the âShadow Empireâ
6 Chapter title to be come
â1 Questions of Identity: External Differentiation and Internal Homogeneity
7 Chapter title to be come
â1 The Universalism of the Portuguese
Afterthoughts: Conversing about Diversity in Empire
Bibliography
Index
This book is meant for academic scholars and students interested in the history of diversity and empire.