Contemporary Portuguese History II

Code:

HISTO076

Acronym:

HCONP2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in History

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HISTO	87	Study plan	3	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese
Obs.: Um resumo em ingles será apresentado no final de cada sessão se a frequencia de alunos não fluentes em portugues o justificar.

Objectives

- To track events, to identify historical agents and to contextualize and discuss problems of the History of Portugal during the period focused on the sylabus

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the semester students should be able to:

- Interpret main guidelines of the structures of Portugal in the nineteenth century;

- Relate events, timelines and historical contexts;

- Interpret and contextualize authors and historical data;

- Discuss interpretations and ways of approaching the Portuguese historiography in this field.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Basic infomration on the History of Portugal, World History and Geography

Program

Introduction - The "great transformation" in Portugal - the 1st long phase of growth (1851-1921) 
a) Capitalism and business cycles – introduction to the study of business cycles
b) Trends in contemporary Portuguese history – colonial specificity  

1. Portuguese commercial capitalism
1.1. Commercial capitalism and commodification of Portuguese society
1.2. Trade and wars - the costs of the British alliance
1.3. Capital accumulation and social transformations - the importance of Brazil   

2. The crises of the 1st half of the 19th century
2.1.The effect of the European wars (1790-1815)
2.2. Political consequences of the opening of Brazil (1810-1822)Civil wars and the new institutions of constitutionalism (1822-1851)

 

 

 3. "Brazilian capital, accumulation and "Fontismo" (1851-1890)

3.1. “Regeneration”, “calming” and “fusion”: the names of the first continuous phase of growth 
3.2. The repatriation of Brazilian capital after 1850 – banking and public works 
3.3. The growth of the public debt   
3.4. The politics of constitutionalism between 1850-1890: rotativism and parties outside the system: a) the electoral system; b) rotativism parties; c) the socialist party; d) republican party

4. Deceleration and recession (1890-1921): the limits of Portuguese growth
4.1. The historiographical debate

4.1. The factors of stagnation




43. Social transformations during the great cycle (1850-1921)
Population and emigration
Industry, energy and urbanization
Class Organizations and social welfare

 4.3. The importance of the colonies (1895-1915) and the constitution of the “Colonial Empire”

4.4. The political consequences: the Republic and the participation in the First War – Sidonism, New Republic, social polarization
Ideologies and policies – liberalism, socialism and counter-revolution
Cultural ideologies and movements – romanticism, realism, popular cultures

 

5. The political consequences: the Republic and participation in the World War
5.1. The strong Republic (1910-1017)
5.2. The Portuguese participation in the First War – Sidonism, New Republic, social polarization 5.3.Ideologies and policies – liberalism, socialism and counter-revolution 5.4.Ideologies and cultural movements – romanticism, realism, popular cultures

Mandatory literature

A. H. de Oliveira Marques; História de Portugal. ISBN: 972-23-2189-7 vol.1

Complementary Bibliography

Joel Serrão; Liberalismo, socialismo, republicanismo

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures complemented by debating time; use of audiovisual resources.

Software

não aplicavel

keywords

Humanities > History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	40,00
Teste	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	121,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Approval with a final grade greater than 10 and resulting from oral  participation in classes and from the written test

Calculation formula of final grade

40 oral participation + 60 written test

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to FLUP regulations