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- Title
On Private Coercive Power in Angola: Towards a Comparative Approach.
- Authors
Furtado, Teresa
- Abstract
This article is an attempt to put into perspective the extended role that private colonial enter - prises played during the late Portuguese colonialism. Examining two colonial companies operating in Angola, Companhia Geral dos Algodões de Angola (COTONANG) and Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (DIAMANG), the article establishes a comparison between different patterns and programs of control and welfare provided by those entrepreneurial companies. The focus is on the nature of their internal administration and coercive supervision of the African labour, but also on the existence of some degree of autonomy and infrastructural capacity vis-àvis the colonial state, mainly during the beginning of the colonial war.
- Subjects
PORTUGUESE colonies; IMPERIALISM; COLONIAL labor laws; LABOR laws; INDUSTRIAL welfare; ANGOLAN history; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Portuguese Studies Review, 2017, Vol 25, Issue 1, p151
- ISSN
1057-1515
- Publication type
Article