Cape Verde: Crioulo Colony To Independent Nation

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Richard Lobban sketches Cape Verde's complex history over five centuries, from its role in the slave trade through its years under Portuguese colonial administration and its protracted armed struggle on the Guinea coast for national independence, there and in Cape Verde. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents List of Tables and Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments 1 INTRODUCTION Geographic Location Climate Linkages to the Wider World 2 THE HISTORICAL SETTING The Earliest Times The Golden Age of Portuguese Maritime Exploration The Discovery and Settlement of Cape Verde Struggle to Control the African Coast Feudalism and Slavery The Slave Trade The Brazil-Cape Verde Connection The Final Collapse of Slavery in Cape Verde Cape Verde: The Colonial Inheritance 3 SOCIETY AND CULTURE The Demography of Cape Verde Sex Ratios Life Expectancy, Mortality, Fertility, and Natural Increase Urbanization Class and Social Structure Race and Racism in Cape Verde Race and Racism: Victims and Victimizers Other Social Groups in Cape Verdean and Guinean Society Badius Drought and Famine Maritime Trades Religion in Cape Verde The Origins of Crioulo Culture Crioulo Cultural Markers Women in Cape Verde Cultural Conclusions 4 RADICALS, SOLDIERS, AND DEMOCRATS: POLITICS IN CAPE VERDE The Struggle for Independence The War of National Liberation, 1963 to 1974 Politics Under the PAIGC, 1975 to 1990 Toward One Party, Two States, 1975 to 1980 One Party, One State, 1980 to 1990 Two Parties, One State, 1990- 5 PEASANTS, SOCIALISTS, AND CAPITALISTS: ECONOMICS IN CAPE VERDE From Subsistence to Consumption The Economics of Island Ecology The Macroeconomic Structure The Microeconomic Structure Other Contributors to the Economy The MpD Strategies for Economic Development, 1991- 6 CONCLUSION: CAPE VERDE AT THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Cultural Identity as "Currency" Cape Verdean Politics: From Populism to Pluralism Realistic Social and Economic Development List of Acronyms Notes Selected Bibliography About the Book and Author Index