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Melo e Castro - O Provedor que Dizia sim à Democracia
Este livro conta a história de vida de um homem que fez carreira no quadro político do Estado Novo, um apoiante de primeira linha de Marcello Caetano, arrojado, inquieto e destemido, empenhado numa evolução para a democracia, sem revolução, semelhante àquela que veio a cumprir-se em Espanha, com Adolfo Suárez. Melo e Castro pela proximidade que tinha com o Presidente do Conselho foi o mentor da «Ala Liberal» no processo de transição no Parlamento e o seu desaparecimento prematuro foi um dos factores determinantes para o bloqueio de qualquer abertura do regime. O livro percorre os vários cargos que ocupou no Estado Novo, com destaque para os anos em que foi Subsecretário de Estado da Assistência Social de Salazar, mas mostra sobretudo a vasta obra e a marca que deixou como Provedor da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. Desde os ensinamentos do colégio dos jesuítas aos anos de boémia como estudante na Universidade de Coimbra, aqui se conta o percurso de vida entrelaçado com episódios da história, mas também se revelam alguns dissabores e nalguns casos guerras acesas, a mais grave das quais o obrigou a deixar a Misericórdia há cinquenta anos.
Made in Brasil
Made in Brasil - três décadas do vídeo brasileiro reúne reflexões e depoimentos de artistas, realizadores e autores. O livro se destaca pela produção de conhecimento sobre o vídeo e suas relações com o cinema, a televisão, a literatura e as artes visuais, referentes aos principais momentos do vídeo no Brasil.
The Literary Institution in Portugal Since the Thirties
Despite the numerous studies of the politics, economy, culture, and society of the Estado Novo, the relations established between publishers, authors, and governmental institutions and their contribution to the making of the literary canon are still marginal subjects of analysis. Based on the systems theories developed by Bourdieu, Dubois and Even-Zohar, this study focuses on the cultural production produced during the Estado Novo (1933-1974) and after the Revolution (1974-2004), within their political, economic and social framework. The chapters on José Saramago and José Luís Peixoto show them as examples of literary consecration that confirm the systemic relations in the Portuguese literary field. This research makes use of a survey on habits of purchase of Portuguese fiction, interviews with publishers, original statistical analyses, and takes a new approach to the study of Portuguese literature.
Historical Dictionary of Mozambique
The new edition of Historical Dictionary of Mozambique covers the Bantu expansion; the arrival of the Portuguese navigators and their str competition with local African power centers and coastal Arab-Swahili trading towns; the trade cycles of gold, ivory, and slaves; the establishment of the semi-Africanized prazos along the Zambezi Valley; “pacification” campaigns; and the period of Portuguese weakness in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when vast tracts of land were rented to concessionary companies. In the late colonial period the Salazar dictatorship tried to reassert Portuguese power, but after ten years of armed struggle for national liberation, Mozambique gained its independence in 1975. The book contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Mozambique.
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.
Blacksmiths of Ilamba
This study analyzes the establishment of an iron foundry in the interior 18th-century of Angola. It was a fruit of the Portuguese Enlightenment, which encouraged investment in manufacturing, particularly of iron, a metal indispensable for military and technological purposes. However, the plans faced the resistance of African blacksmiths and founders who refused to learn foreign techniques and work processes. By emphasizing Central African agency, the book highlights the successful strategies of historical actors who scholars have largely ignored. Based upon a wide variety of sources from Brazilian, Portuguese, and Angolan archives, the book reconstructs how Africans were taken to work at the...
