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Table of Contents
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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List of Abbreviations |
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Introduction |
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The First Encounter and a Disruptive Colonisation |
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The Abolition Process |
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The Urban Society |
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The Press Revolution |
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The Berlin Conference and the Rose-Coloured Map |
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The Fall of the Creole Elite |
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Chapter 1: Cherished Myths |
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The Greatest and Most Portuguese Overseas Possession |
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Between Dream and Reality |
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Effective Portuguese Presence: Mid-Nineteenth Century |
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Legitimate Trade |
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Surpassing Colonial Pessimism |
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Ambiguities Inside the Colonial Milieu |
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Lusotropicalism |
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Gilberto Freyre |
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Freyre in Angola |
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The Evolution of Colonial Policies |
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Lusotropicalism: An Angolan Perspective |
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A Heavy Legacy |