René Pélissier

René Pélissier (born October 24, 1935 ) is a French historian .

Life

Pélissier is Dr. phil. and specializes in the colonial and military history of Portugal as well as the history of the Portuguese- speaking ( Lusophone ) countries in Asia and Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries and the Spanish colonies in Africa. He wrote more than a dozen fundamental books on these subjects, many of which were published by his own publishing house, the Éditions Pélissier in Orgeval , near Paris .

Works (small selection)

• Les guerres grises. Resistances et révoltes en Angola (1845–1941). Éditions Pélissier, Montamets, F-78630 Orgeval 1977.
• La colonie du Minotaure. Nationalismes et révoltes en Angola. (1926-1961). Éditions Pélissier, Montamets, F-78630 Orgeval 1978.
• Exploratory. Voyages en Angola et autres lieux incertains. Éditions Pélissier, Montamets, F-78630 Orgeval 1979, ISBN 2-902804-04-0 .
• Timor en guerre. Le crocodile et les Portugais. (1847-1913). Éditions Pélissier, Montamets, F-78630 Orgeval 1996, ISBN 2-902804-11-3 .
• Spanish Africa. Études sur la fin d'un Empire. = Afrique Espagnole. Éditions Pélissier, Montamets, F-78630 Orgeval 2005, ISBN 2-902804-12-1 .
• Portugais et Espagnols en "Océania". Deux empires. Confins et contrastes. Èditions Pélissier, Montamets, F-786230 Orgeval 2010, ISBN 2-902804-14-8 .

literature

• Hugues Jean de Dianoux: L'Afrique "portugaise" dans l'Œvre de René Pélissier. Institut national des langues et civilizations orientales , Paris 1989, ISBN 2-9503854-0-0 .
• Augusto Guilhermo Mesquitela Lima: A propos de deux ouvrages de René Pélissier sur le colonialisme portugais en Afrique. In: Cahiers d'études africaines. Vol. 20, No. 80, 1980, pp. 509-514, online .