In what scenario did Portugal transition from Monarchy to Republic? What was the intervention and attitude of the population towards the new regime? What were the aspirations of the republicans when they took power? What successes and failures did they achieve? Why did the Republic fall, paving the way for half a century of dictatorship?
The breadth and depth of perspectives are here ensured by a dynamic team of researchers from the Institute of Contemporary History, whose expertise finally made possible the publication of a volume that covers all the necessary aspects for a full understanding of the first Portuguese republican period: political, economic, social, cultural, and religious historiography.
Contributors: Aniceto Afonso, Sílvia Correia, Luís Farinha, Ernesto Castro Leal, Isabel Pestana Marques, Maria Eugénia Mata, Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses, Vítor Neto, David Pereira, Joana Dias Pereira, Ana Catarina Pinto, Ana Paula Pires, Maria Cândida Proença, António Reis, Maria Fernanda Rollo, Fernando Rosas, Maria Alice Samara, João B. Serra.
