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The Last Two Centuries of Portuguese Domination

In: The Creation of the East Timorese Economy

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  • Mats Lundahl

    (Stockholm School of Economics)

  • Fredrik Sjöholm

    (Lund University)

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This chapter examines the last two centuries of Portuguese presence in East Timor. The formal colonization of East Timor began around 1769 with the establishment of Dili as the capital. Exports of sandalwood failed to create linkages with the local economy and ended with the depletion of the sandalwood trees. Coffee emerged as the main export crop, but the colony failed to develop economically. It was perceived as mere burden in Lisbon. East Timor had few natural resources that could be exploited, and it did not provide much of a market for Portuguese products. In the early 1970s, on the eve of the collapse of the Portuguese colonial empire, East Timor remained a remote, poverty-stricken colonial backwater.

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  • Mats Lundahl & Fredrik Sjöholm, 2019. "The Last Two Centuries of Portuguese Domination," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: The Creation of the East Timorese Economy, chapter 0, pages 65-127, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-19466-6_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-19466-6_2
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