II Report(h)a Meeting: Book of abstracts
The Centro de História of the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (CH-ULisboa) / Center of History of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon and the Instituto de História Contemporânea of the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHC-FCSH,…
Contra cheias e tempestades: consciência do território, debate parlamentar e políticas de águas e de florestas em Portugal (1852-1886)
É objectivo deste trabalho discutir a génese das políticas de águas e de florestas em Portugal na segunda metade do século XIX. Pretende-se demonstrar que a construção do objecto político de ordenamento de águas e de florestas para a globalidade do território nacional, bem como as políticas de per se…
Between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean: responses to climate and weather conditions throughout History
Between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean brings together a set of case studies on living organisms’ adaptation to the evolution of the climate and adjustments to extreme weather conditions. Aiming to go beyond concerns about recent and forthcoming climate change, which have dominated research in environmental studies this book adopts…
The Management of Iberian Forest Resources in the Early Modern Shipbuilding: History and Archaeology
An Analysis of the Royal Preserves in Portugal: Issues of Privilege, Power, Management and Conflict
This book looks at the functioning and symbolic meanings of the royal preserves, parks, and forests in a transitional period in Portuguese political regimes: at the end of the Ancien Regime and in the aftermath of the first liberal revolution in Portugal (1821), from 1777 to 1824.The aim is to…
Environmental History in the Making
This book is the product of the 2nd World Conference on Environmental History, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in 2014. It gathers works by authors from the five continents, addressing concerns raised by past events so as to provide information to help manage the present and the future. It reveals how…
Environmental Conflicts in Mining and Metallurgical Industry: the Past and the Present
Protesta y ciudadanía. Conflictos ambientales durante el franquismo en Zaragoza (1939‐1979)
Protesta y ciudadanía, de Pablo Corral, cede el protagonismo a las voces contra la contaminación, los riesgos ambientales y al «saqueo» de recursos que acompañaron la aceleración del ritmo de industrialización y urbanización. El historiador y profesor Pablo Corral Broto adapta a la realidad de Zaragoza una parte fundamental de…