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Convicts and orphans
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Timothy J. Coates |
"This book examines how the early modern Portuguese state used convicts and orphans to populate its global empire over a period of two hundred years. In a country with as small a population base and … |
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The end of Iberian rule on the American continent, 1770-1830
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Brian R. Hamnett |
In this new work, Brian R. Hamnett offers a comprehensive assessment of the independence era in both Spanish America and Brazil by examining the interplay between events in Iberia and in the overseas… |
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Brown waters of Africa
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John P. Cann |
During World War II, Portugal played its cards uncommonly well as a neutral and subsequently became a member of NATO. This membership resulted in a modernizing of its navy and its integration into th… |
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