From Dictatorship to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Portugal

Introduction.- Lourinhã in the History of Portugal and Europe's Twentieth Century.- Chapter One: Government, Citizens, and Agricultural Modernization in the Late Twentieth Century.- Chapter Two: Economic Development, Infrastructure, Civil Society, and the Rural World in the Age of Mass Tourism.- Chapter Three: Lourinhã's Cooperatives as Agents of Development.- Chapter Four: Electricity, Water, and Civic Organization for Infrastructure.- Chapter Five: A European Lourinhã.- Conclusion Lourinhã - Portugal - Europe.- Bibliography

Author: Raphael Costa
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/24/2017
Pages: 271
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781137583673

About the Author

Raphael Costa is Policy and Research Advisor for the Department of Economic Development and Culture Services in the City of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada. He previously taught at York University and McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. He is the co-founder of a public history not-for-profit organization, and has worked as a researcher and consultant for both government and non-governmental organizations.