The Carnation Revolution and the Portuguese historiography

The objective of this text is to analyze some questions that have been important for the Portuguese historiographical production about the democratic transition theme. It discusses how historic studies have been dealing with the social memory related to the authoritarian experience in Portugal and e...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Martinho, Francisco Carlos Palomanes
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:Brasil
Institution:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repository:Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/70156
Online Access:https://periodicos.fgv.br/reh/article/view/70156
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:revolution
transition
historiography.
revolución
transición
historiografía.
revolução
transição
historiografia.
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Summary:The objective of this text is to analyze some questions that have been important for the Portuguese historiographical production about the democratic transition theme. It discusses how historic studies have been dealing with the social memory related to the authoritarian experience in Portugal and examines different interpretations that question the meaning of the changes that happened as a consequence of the democratic transition. To intend, as well, to draw attention to a debate that, marked by the Present Time, is still far from over.