Once Upon a Time in a Town Called Amadora ...
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https://doi.org/10.25752/psi.4016Keywords:
History of Amadora, Population, Migrants and Immigrants, Slums and rehousing quarters, Social ExclusionAbstract
The current paper will focus on the History of Amadora whilst a locality, and its socio‐demographic evolution up to the time it became a city. The type of population that settled down there, mainly since the fifties. The life story of a family from a slum is presented. The testimonial of two Social Workers characterizes the experience and the way of living of the Cabo Verde population in another slum. Finally a description of the origin of the social exclusion of a fringe of the population and a conclusion concerning the Municipality.
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