Historical Demography in Portugal, 1950-2012: An Account of the Historiography and Major Challenges

Paulo Teodoro de Matos; Maria Norberta Amorim

doi:10.3726/978-3-0352-0331-8

Historical Demography in Portugal, 1950-2012: An Account of the Historiography and Major Challenges

Paulo Teodoro de Matos, Maria Norberta Amorim

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Abstract

This paper aims to present a coherent synthesis of the development of Historical demography in Portugal during the last 50 years. We will examine the first steps of this discipline in Portugal and identify its major influences in the academic panorama. In a second stage this paper will considerate the spread and consolidation of the Historical Demography regarding:1) the new tendencies and the support of social history studies, 2) methodological developments related to the specificities of the Portuguese sources, 3) the principal research lines, protagonists and tendencies of Historical Demography.
The empirical data of this paper comes from an exhaustive analysis of the bibliography related to Historical Demography and Family History studies, institutional framework (e.g. course pro- grams, organization of seminars, associations, research centers) and interviews with some of the major players in this research area.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	A Global History of Historical Demography
Subtitle of host publication	Half a century of Interdisciplinarity
Editors	Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux, Ioan Bolovan, Solvi Sogner
Place of Publication	Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien
Publisher	Peter Lang Verlag
Pages	533 – 548
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9783034323031
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-0352-0331-8
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Historical demography
Portugal

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Matos, Paulo Teodoro de ; Amorim, Maria Norberta. / Historical Demography in Portugal, 1950-2012 : An Account of the Historiography and Major Challenges. A Global History of Historical Demography: Half a century of Interdisciplinarity. editor / Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux ; Ioan Bolovan ; Solvi Sogner. Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien : Peter Lang Verlag, 2016. pp. 533 – 548

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Matos, PTD & Amorim, MN 2016, Historical Demography in Portugal, 1950-2012: An Account of the Historiography and Major Challenges. in A Fauve-Chamoux, I Bolovan & S Sogner (eds), A Global History of Historical Demography: Half a century of Interdisciplinarity. Peter Lang Verlag, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, pp. 533 – 548. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-0352-0331-8

Historical Demography in Portugal, 1950-2012 : An Account of the Historiography and Major Challenges. / Matos, Paulo Teodoro de; Amorim, Maria Norberta.

A Global History of Historical Demography: Half a century of Interdisciplinarity. ed. / Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux; Ioan Bolovan; Solvi Sogner. Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien : Peter Lang Verlag, 2016. p. 533 – 548.

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Matos PTD, Amorim MN. Historical Demography in Portugal, 1950-2012: An Account of the Historiography and Major Challenges. In Fauve-Chamoux A, Bolovan I, Sogner S, editors, A Global History of Historical Demography: Half a century of Interdisciplinarity. Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang Verlag. 2016. p. 533 – 548 https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-0352-0331-8