The Porter, the Madame and Other Stories of the Portuguese in France
No. 12 JULY 2015
France is the foreign country with the highest Portuguese population. There are almost 600,000. And if you include their descendants, there are more than a million. This book puts faces to these figures: it tells stories of those who left to fight in the First World War and decided to stay, those who fled the dictatorship, poverty and the Colonial War and did not return, and those who left Portugal at the time of the Troika. In 50 years, the Portuguese in France became leaders of clubs and associations, cultural areas and sports, mayors and businesspeople (some millionaires). Their descendants went even further: they are members of parliament, ambassadors and even advisors to presidents of France.
France is the foreign country with the highest Portuguese population. There are almost 600,000. And if you include their descendants, there are more than a million. This book puts faces to these figures: it tells stories of those who left to fight in the First World War and decided to stay, those who fled the dictatorship, poverty and the Colonial War and did not return, and those who left Portugal at the time of the Troika. In 50 years, the Portuguese in France became leaders of clubs and associations, cultural areas and sports, mayors and businesspeople (some millionaires). Their descendants went even further: they are members of parliament, ambassadors and even advisors to presidents of France.
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Dimensions
8 × 130 × 200 mm
ISBN
978-989-8819-10-9
Book available only in Portuguese
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