The 'Civilising Mission' of Portuguese Colonialism, 1870-1930

Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo is Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal. His interests focus on the Comparative Histories of Imperialism and Colonialism. He recently published A diplomacia do império and edited O império colonial em questão (both in 2012), and co-edited Portugal e o fim do colonialismo (2014) and The Ends of European Colonial Empires: Cases and Comparisons (2015).

PART I: THE 'CIVILISATION GUILD': NATIVE LABOUR AND PORTUGUESE COLONIALISM 1. Between Benevolence and Inevitability: The 'Civilising Mission' of Portuguese Colonialism 2. The Civilisation Guild and the 'Engineers of Depression': The Case of the S. Thomé Cocoa 3. 'Redemptive Labour' and the Missionaries of the Alphabet PART II: COLONIALISM WITHOUT BORDERS 4. Bibles, Flags and Transnational Loyalties: Educating Empires 5. New Methods, Old Conclusions: The Ross Report Conclusion