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Imperial Migrations

Name: Imperial Migrations
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ISBN: 9781349346042

Colonial Communities and Diaspora in the Portuguese World

by Eric Morier-Genoud , Michel Cahen · 2012 edition

An edited volume of case studies on migration across the Portuguese world, including the making of a largely Madeiran community in 20th-century South Africa.

South AfricaMadeiran immigrationPortuguese empire diaspora

Authors: Eric Morier-Genoud, Michel Cahen
Edition year: 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9781349346042

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