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2. Entre imagem e veículo simbólico: revisitação aos álbuns fotográficos da ferrovia portuguesa de finais de Oitocentos e inícios de Novecentos.

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SILVEIRA PEREIRA, HUGO

Subjects
PHOTOGRAPH albums, BIBLIOGRAPHY, NINETEENTH century, PHOTOGRAPHY, RAILROADS, BRIDGES
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2024
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12. Editorial.

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SILVEIRA PEREIRA, HUGO

Subjects
TELECOMMUNICATIONS services, PUBLIC opinion
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2024
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13. FERROVIA COMO INFRAESTRUTURA CRÍTICA: ESTUDO DE CASO DOS CAMINHOS DE FERRO COLONIAIS DE ANGOLA, C. 1870-1930.

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Silveira Pereira, Hugo

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2023
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14. Tecnologia, periferia, caciquismo: Abílio Beça e o caminho-de-ferro de Bragança

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Subjects
caminhos-de-ferro, políticas territoriais, territorial politics, Tua line, railways, technopolitics, tecnopolítica, linha do Tua
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By the end of the nineteenth century the northernmost regions of the district of Bragança were still not connected to the national railway network. The attempts presented to the parliament to solve this situation were disregarded due to the partial default of Portugal in 1892. Despite the crisis, Abílio Beça, a “cacique” (local leader) from Bragança, struggled to convince the government to build the extension of the Tua line from Mirandela to Bragança. This paper explains how Abílio Beça became a local influencer and how he rose in the hierarchy of the Regenerator Party to convince the government to open a tender for the adjudication of the railway. We analyze this process under the center-periphery model in a triple perspective: economic, political, and technological., No final do século xix o alto distrito brigantino estava desligado da rede ferroviária nacional. As tentativas apresentadas ao Parlamento para corrigir esta situação foram invalidadas pela bancarrota parcial do Estado em 1892. Apesar da crise, Abílio Beça, um influente homem local de Bragança, lutou para que o governo construísse a continuação da linha do Tua desde Mirandela até àquela cidade. Neste artigo procuraremos explicar a forma como Abílio Beça se tornou um notável na região e como subiu nas fileiras do Partido Regenerador de modo a convencer o governo a abrir concurso para a concessão do caminho-de-ferro. Analisaremos também este processo dentro do modelo centro-periferia numa tripla perspetiva: económica, política e tecnológica.

Published
2021

16. A indústria portuguesa pelo olhar da fotografia na viragem do século XIX para o século XX

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Silveira Pereira, Hugo and Silveira Pereira, Hugo

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In the period between the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century, three distinct, yet interwoven, historical processes overlapped in Portugal: a modest industrial growth, the dissemination of photography as a common practice, and the publication of photographic images in the illustrated press. This article analyses how an illustrated magazine, O Occidente, represented Portuguese industry through the printing of photographs or drawings of photographs. It follows a methodology that combines semiotics with content analysis in photojournalism to show that Occidente created a representation of the industry as a modern and innovative sector that illustrated progress in Portugal, that did not coincide with its true state. This essay adds to the debate about the importance of photography as an historical source (and not just an illustrative tool) and to business history, namely the representations created and circulated about Portuguese industry., No período entre o último quartel do século XIX e primeiros anos do século XX coincidiram em Portugal três processos históricos diferenciados, mas conexos: um modesto crescimento industrial, a disseminação da fotografia como prática corrente e a publicação de imagens fotográficas na imprensa ilustrada. Este artigo analisa o modo como uma revista ilustrada, O Occidente, representou a indústria portuguesa, através da publicação de fotografias ou gravuras de fotografias. Seguindo uma metodologia que combina semiótica com análise de conteúdo em fotojornalismo, este estudo mostra que O Occidente criou uma ideia da indústria nacional como um setor moderno, inovador e prova do progresso português, que não coincidia com a sua verdadeira realidade. Este artigo contribui para o debate académico sobre a importância da fotografia como fonte histórica (e não apenas como instrumento ilustrativo) e para história empresarial, nomeadamente as representações que se criavam e disseminavam sobre a indústria portuguesa.

Published
2021

17. Representações metropolitanas do(s) Outro(s) colonizado(s) nas fotografias da campanha do Cuamato de 1907 no sul de Angola

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Subjects
relações Eu-Outro, iconografía, Iconography, colonialismo, Photography, Self-Other Relationship, Imperialism, Colonialism, imperialismo, fotografía
Abstract

In 1907, a Portuguese military campaign arrived in southern Angola to subdue the local peoples. Among the soldiers, followed two photographers, who recorded different moments of the manoeuvres and various aspects of the landscape and the natives, which were later published in the press. In this article, I analyse these images in the context of the relationship between the European Self and the African Other(s). I show how the images contributed to an unequal power relationship between colonizer and colonized, by solidifying the representation of African primitivism, as an improper condition, which justified the European’s civilizing action. Em 1907, uma campanha militar portuguesa dirigiu-se ao sul de Angola para submeter os povos locais. Entre os expedicionários, seguiam dois fotógrafos que registaram vários momentos das manobras e diversos aspetos da paisagem e dos nativos, que foram mais tarde divulgados na imprensa. Neste artigo, analiso estas imagens no âmbito da relação entre o Eu europeu e o(s) Outro(s) africanos. Mostro como as imagens contribuíram para uma desigual relação de poder entre colonizador e colonizado, através da solidificação da representação do primitivismo do africano, como condição imprópria, que justificava a ação civilizadora do europeu.

Published
2020

18. Metropolitan Representations of the Colonised Other(s) in the Photographs of the 1907 Campaign of the Cuamato in the South of Angola

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Silveira Pereira, Hugo and Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Abstract

In 1907, a Portuguese military campaign arrived in southern Angola to subdue the local peoples. Among the soldiers, followed two photographers, who recorded different moments of the manoeuvres and various aspects of the landscape and the natives, which were later published in the press. In this article, I analyse these images in the context of the relationship between the European Self and the African Other(s). I show how the images contributed to an unequal power relationship between colonizer and colonized, by solidifying the representation of African primitivism, as an improper condition, which justified the European’s civilizing action., Em 1907, uma campanha militar portuguesa dirigiu-se ao sul de Angola para submeter os povos locais. Entre os expedicionários, seguiam dois fotógrafos que registaram vários momentos das manobras e diversos aspetos da paisagem e dos nativos, que foram mais tarde divulgados na imprensa. Neste artigo, analiso estas imagens no âmbito da relação entre o Eu europeu e o(s) Outro(s) africanos. Mostro como as imagens contribuíram para uma desigual relação de poder entre colonizador e colonizado, através da solidificação da representação do primitivismo do africano, como condição imprópria, que justificava a ação civilizadora do europeu.

Published
2020

19. Visões do Império: a coleção fotográfica da brigada de estudo e construção do caminho de ferro de Moçâmedes (c. 1907 –c. 1914)

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo and Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Abstract

In the beginning of the twentieth century, the Portuguese government began the construction of a railway in the Moçâmedes district, in the south of its colony of Angola. The works and afterwards the operation produced a fair collection of photographs, which is studies in this paper. Drawing from the assumption that, despite what its promoters touted, photography is a highly subjective document, I explain in this article the representations embedded in those images, using a methodology combining semiotics with photojournalism analysis. I show how photography was used to build an image of Portugal as a modern and technological nation with imperial leaning that did its part on the mission of civilising Africa and educating its inhabitants in the European ways, albeit many times with discriminatory and racist attitudes. Therefore, I add to the debate about photography as a tool of Empire., No início do século XX, o governo português iniciou a construção de um caminho de ferro no distrito de Moçâmedes, no sul da sua colónia de Angola. As obras e posteriormente a operação da ferrovia deixaram uma considerável coleção de fotografias, que são estudadas neste trabalho. Partindo do princípio de que, ao invés do que afirmavam os seus promotores, a fotografia é um documento iminentemente subjetivo, explicito neste artigo as representações contidas nas imagens, recorrendo a uma metodologia que combina semiótica com análise fotojornalística. Demonstro como a fotografia foi utilizada para construir uma imagem de Portugal como uma nação moderna e tecnológica de vocação imperial, que cumpria a sua parte da missão de civilizar África e educar os seus habitantes no modo de vida europeu, ainda que muitas vezes à custa de atitudes discriminatórias e racistas. Contribuo assim para o debate sobre a fotografia como instrumento de Império.

Published
2020

20. O caminho de ferro da Beira em Moçambique (1890-1914): entre antagonismo tecnodiplomático e simbiose económica

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Subjects
railway imperialism, partilha de Africa, scramble for Africa, narrow gauge, imperialismo ferroviário, bitola estreita, companhias majestáticas, chartered companies
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Because of a treaty signed between Portugal and England, in 1892 a British Company controlled by Cecil Rhodes’ BSAC began the construction of a railway between the Mozambican harbor of Beira and the Rhodesian frontier. Despite the fears of denationalization of the Portuguese territories, construction and operation were conducted almost without any inspection from Portuguese authorities. The line cost Portugal nothing and its cross-border operation became rather efficient. In this paper, I aim to explain this historical process, using the concepts of large transnational technological systems, cross-borders, landlocked countries, and technodiplomacy., Em 1892, como consequência de um tratado assinado entre Portugal e a Inglaterra, uma companhia britânica controlada por Cecil Rhodes e pela sua BSAC iniciou a construção de uma ferrovia entre o porto moçambicano da Beira e a fronteira rodesiana. Apesar dos receios de desnacionalização dos territórios portugueses, a construção e operação foram conduzidas praticamente sem fiscalização das autoridades nacionais. A linha nada custou ao tesouro português e a sua operação transfronteiriça tornou-se bastante eficiente. Neste artigo pretendo explicar este processo histórico à luz dos conceitos de grandes sistemas tecnológicos transnacionais, cross-borders, landlocked countries e tecnodiplomacia.

Published
2019

21. History, Technology, and Politics: The Political Uses of Railways in Portugal (1850-1900).

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Subjects
HISTORY of technology, RAILROADS, ENGINEERS, FEDERAL government, ENGINEERING personnel, PUBLIC works, NINETEENTH century, PHOTOGRAPHY, NEWSPAPERS
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2022
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22. Os caminhos de ferro do Oeste português: instrumentos de apropriação territorial

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Silveira Pereira, Hugo and Silveira Pereira, Hugo

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When Portugal began building railways, the main goal was to connect Lisbon to Porto and the eastern frontier by the shortest route, which left a major part of the Portuguese Western regions away from the network. As soon as those goals were achieved, the Portuguese government and private investors tried to extend the network to the peripheries. Since the West was already served by the Northern line, construction had to wait until the 1880s, although different proposals were being submitted since the 1840s. In this paper, I analyse the process of integration and territorial integration of the West promoted by railways, from the embryonic planning embodied in the first projects to the opening of the Western, Sintra, and Cascais lines. To do so, I will use parliamentary debates, sundry technical reports, statistical data of the operation and recent studies on the impact of each one of those railroads., Quando Portugal começou a construir ferrovias, o principal objetivo era ligar Lisboa ao Porto e à fronteira leste pelo trajeto mais curto, o que deixava uma grande parte do Oeste afastada da rede. Assim que aqueles objetivos foram alcançados, o governo e investidores privados projetaram estender a malha às periferias. Uma vez que o Oeste já era servido pela linha do Norte, a construção teve que esperar até à década de 1880, embora diversas propostas tenham sido elaboradas desde os anos 1840. Neste artigo, analiso o processo de integração e apropriação territorial do Oeste promovido pela ferrovia, desde o incipiente planeamento aventado pelas primeiras propostas para a região até à efetiva inauguração dos caminhos de ferro do Oeste, Sintra e Cascais. Para tal, recorro a debates parlamentares, relatórios técnicos diversos, dados estatísticos da operação e a estudos recentes sobre o impacto de cada uma daquelas linhas.

Published
2019

23. O fotógrafo Romão Pereira e a criação de uma paisagem tecnocientífica em Moçambique colonial (1886-1891).

Author

SILVEIRA PEREIRA, HUGO

Subjects
PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIAL constructionism, MODERNIZATION (Social science), SOCIAL processes, MODERN civilization, HISTORY of science
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2021
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24. Os engenheiros de Sul e Sueste e o relatório de C. F. White

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Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Subjects
History, South Eastern of Portugal Railway Company, HIS045000, engenharia, engineering, system builders, Transportation, HBJD, Alentejo
Abstract

Para a realização das linhas analisadas anteriormente, concorreram diversos grupos de homens – os system builders, de acordo com Thomas Parker Hughes (1979; 1983, X e 1-17) – que intervieram ou para a decisão de construir ou para angariar o capital necessário à obra ou para a construção propriamente dita. Neste capítulo, examinaremos a ação de um daqueles grupos em particular, o dos engenheiros, segundo o método proposto por Bruno Latour (1987, 21) de seguir o percurso dos homens das ciências...

Published
2018

25. A description of the line and works of the South Eastern Railway of Portugal as far as executed, By m. C. White, M. I. C. E

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Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Subjects
History, South Eastern of Portugal Railway Company, HIS045000, engenharia, engineering, system builders, Transportation, HBJD, Alentejo
Abstract

When it is considered how prosperous Portugal was when her first King Dom Affonso Henrique [sic] ascended the throne in the year 1139, the lofty position she held in the fifteenth century when Vasco da Gama set out from Lisbon to astonish the civilized world on his return by his successful discovery of a passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, her contained brilliancy until ambition prompted that fatal step, the acquisition of the Brazils, the point in her history whence her downfall dates...

Published
2018

26. A Regeneração e os caminhos-de-ferro

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Subjects
History, South Eastern of Portugal Railway Company, HIS045000, engenharia, engineering, system builders, Transportation, HBJD, Alentejo
Abstract

A primeira metade do século XIX em Portugal foi marcada por uma enorme instabilidade política que, se não impediu a realização de reformas institucionais (sobretudo na década de 1830), impossibilitou a prossecução de uma política de investimentos em obras públicas (Mata et al., 1993, 142). Na década de 1840, Costa Cabral introduziu alguma estabilidade no sistema político nacional e, em 1845, conseguiu assinar o primeiro contrato para construir um caminho-de-ferro em Portugal com a recém-form...

Published
2018

27. O prolongamento até ao Sueste (Évora e Beja) e os interesses britânicos

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Subjects
History, South Eastern of Portugal Railway Company, HIS045000, engenharia, engineering, system builders, Transportation, HBJD, Alentejo
Abstract

Apesar do atraso da empreitada, o empresário agrícola José Maria dos Santos e as suas propriedades em Pinhal Novo, tinham tomado bom partido da linha existente (Cabrita, 1999). Apoiada neste bom resultado, a companhia requereu, em 1857, o prolongamento da linha até Évora e Beja (e o direito de opção sobre as extensões até à fronteira e ao Algarve), subsidiado por um valor de 24 contos/km. A firma procurava também aproveitar o fracasso do concessionário que deveria levar os carris até Espanha ...

Published
2018

28. O caminho de ferro de Moçâmedes: entre projeto militar, instrumento tecnodiplomático e ferramenta de apropriação colonial (1881-1914)

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Silveira Pereira, Hugo and Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Abstract

From the 1880s onwards, Portugal applied in Angola the investment programme it had been implementing in the mainland since the 1850s (fontismo), which was strongly based in the construction of railways. The initial investment took place in Luanda and Ambaca, but shortly afterwards Portuguese experts turned their attention to Moçâmedes. In this paper, we will analyse the process of railway implementation in this district of the South of Angola from the 1880s until World War I, in three different moments: the decision-making process, the construction and the operation. Using previously published bibliography and unpublished primary sources (kept in Portuguese and British archives), we will highlight the motivations behind the decision to build the railroad (technodiplomatic, military and economic) and the challenges engineers and workers faced during construction and operation. In the end we will explain whether the expectations behind the investment were met or not., A partir da década de 1880, Portugal decidiu aplicar em Angola o projeto de desenvolvimento fontista que vinha implementando na metrópole desde 1850 e que assentava, em grande medida, na construção ferroviária. Depois de o investimento inicial se dirigir para Luanda e Ambaca, os responsáveis nacionais viraram a sua atenção para Moçâmedes. Neste artigo, iremos analisar o processo de implementação da ferrovia neste distrito do sul de Angola, desde a década de 1880 até à I Guerra Mundial, em três momentos diferentes: o processo de decisão, a construção e a exploração. Recorrendo à bibliografia já existente e a documentação inédita de arquivos portugueses e britânicos, iremos evidenciar as motivações que subjazeram à decisão de construir um caminho de ferro (tecnodiplomáticas, militares e económicas) e os desafios que se levantaram à construção e exploração. No final, explicaremos até que ponto as expectativas criadas e estimativas antecipadas foram efetivamente cumpridas.

Published
2018

29. Harbinger of progress: Portuguese illustrated journal O Occidente in the late nineteenth century (1878-1899).

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Abstract

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2021
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32. O tratado luso-britânico de 1878: história de um acordo tecnodiplomático em três atos

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Silveira Pereira, Hugo and Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Abstract

In 1872 a dispute between Portugal and Britain in India regarding a customs nuisance paved the way for a negotiation that culminated in the signature of a treaty between those two nations for the regulation of their relations in that part of the world. In the discussion (broadened to other issues besides customs), a railway from Goa to the heart of British India became involved, but it rapidly became obvious that that commitment was as heartily sought by Portugal, as it was rejected by Britain. In this paper we aim to analyse this diplomatic process under the scope of technodiplomacy. We aim to show that the technical sublime inherent to railways deeply influenced the negotiation and the ulterior application of the treaty in Portuguese India. We hope to contribute to the debate about the fundamental cultural importance of technology in the Portuguese society of the late 19th-century., Em 1872 um diferendo alfandegário na Índia entre Portugal e Inglaterra dava início a um processo negocial que culminou na assinatura de um tratado entre aqueles dois países para regular as suas relações naquela parte do mundo. A discussão, que foi alargada a outros aspetos que não apenas os aduaneiros, desde cedo exibiu um grande distanciamento de posições no que respeitava à inclusão de um compromisso para construir um caminho-de-ferro desde o porto de Mormugão em Goa até ao coração da Índia Britânica, desejado por Portugal, mas rejeitado por Inglaterra. Neste artigo iremos analisar este processo diplomático sob o ponto de vista do conceito de tecnodiplomacia. Pretendemos demonstrar que o sublime técnico inerente aos caminhos-de-ferro influenciou indelevelmente a negociação, com consequências sobre a aplicação do tratado na Índia Portuguesa, e assim contribuir para o debate sobre a importância fundamental da tecnologia como elemento cultural da sociedade portuguesa de Oitocentos.

Published
2017

33. Caminhos de ferro e desenvolvimento econômico na Índia e em Portugal: uma comparação entre as linhas de Mormugão e do Tua, c. 1880 - c. 1930 e adiante.

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo and Kerr, Ian J.

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2019
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34. Editorial.

Author

SILVEIRA PEREIRA, HUGO

Subjects
TELECOMMUNICATION, RAILROADS
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2023
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35. A legislação ferroviária portuguesa (1845-1892).

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Silveira Pereira, Hugo

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When Portugal began building railroads, no general railway law was decreed. This paper describes the way the legislator met the demand for laws regulating the building and operation of railways. Then I determine to what extent this legal framework was respected and how important was it to the national railway agenda. To do so, I used the legislation compilations (of railways and otherwise) available to the researchers. Simultaneously, I kept in mind what was being done in Spain, France and Belgium, countries with which Portugal was usually compared to. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2018
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36. Francisco Maria de Sousa Brandão (1818-1892), "mestre dos mestres" de traçados ferroviários.

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Silveira Pereira, Hugo

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Published
2018

38. A CORRESPONDÊNCIA DE WALTER MERIVALE E O CAMINHO-DE-FERRO DE MORMUGAO.

Author

SILVEIRA PEREIRA, HUGO

Abstract

Between 1881 and 1888 Portugal promoted the construction of a railway in Goa in partnership with a British company. The team that led the undertaking was entirely British. Walter Merivale was one of the members of the team. He was a young engineer who debuted in railway building projects and who described his experience in dozes of letters that he regularly sent to his family in England. In this paper we will examine these documents, using the methodology of letter analysis and content analysis. We aim to contribute to the history of the Goa railway, to the discussion about the formation of the persona of the engineer, and to the use of private letters in historical research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017

39. Tecnologia, periferia, caciquismo: Abílio Beça e o caminho- -de-ferro de Bragança.

Author

SILVEIRA PEREIRA, HUGO

Subjects
*LEADERSHIP, *POLITICAL parties, *HISTORY of railroads, *RAILROAD routing, PORTUGUESE politics & government
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Technology, periphery, local leadership: Abílio Beça and the Bragança railway. By the end of the nineteenth century the northernmost regions of the district of Bragança were still not connected to the national railway network. The attempts presented to the parliament to solve this situation were disregarded due to the partial default of Portugal in 1892. Despite the crisis, Abílio Beça, a "cacique" (local leader) from Bragança, struggled to convince the government to build the extension of the Tua line from Mirandela to Bragança. This paper explains how Abílio Beça became a local influencer and how he rose in the hierarchy of the Regenerator Party to convince the government to open a tender for the adjudication of the railway. We analyze this process under the center-periphery model in a triple perspective: economic, political, and technological. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017

40. Especulação, Tecnodiplomacia e os caminhos-de-ferro coloniais entre 1857 e 1881.

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Abstract

Before the opening of the first railways in its overseas domains of Angola, Mozambique, and India in the 1880s, Portugal was confronted with a series of proposals of a rather speculative nature to build railways in those territories. These projects, quite vague, speculative, and inserted in the techno-diplomatic game played between Portugal and the United Kingdom ended up by not seeing any light, marking rather, a period of learning for national authorities in what regards the railway's investment in the colonies. In this paper, we aim to analyse those proposals and explain why these plans were never built, considering the previous experience with railways' construction in metropolitan Portugal. To do so, we will look at primary sources of Portuguese (Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino and Arquivo Histórico-Diplomático) and British archives (The National Archives and British Library), that will be studied at the light of the model developed by Lopes Vieira for the study of the railway speculation in Portugal in 1840s and also under the concept of techno-diplomacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2017
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41. THE TUA VALLEY IN TRANSITION, SYMBOL AND TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE.

Author

FEI SPERO, ELLAN and SILVEIRA PEREIRA, HUGO

Abstract

The Tua Valley, in northern Portugal, is undergoing an intense transformation with the conclusion of the construction of the Foz-Tua dam. As a consequence, part of the valley and part of the centennial Tua railway will be flooded by the dam's lake. However the complete consequences of this undertaking are yet to be fully known and understood. In this paper we do not aim to judge the decision to build the dam or to close the railway line. Our goal is to display the technological evolution of the Tua Valley and question the interpretation of this region as both symbolic and technological landscape. We wish to contribute to the debate about understanding landscape, and discuss the frontier between technology and landscape, two realities that are often seen as incompatible and disagreeing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016

42. Joaquim Tomás Lobo d'Ávila, conde de Valbom: um homem da Regeneração.

Author

SILVEIRA PEREIRA, HUGO

Subjects
ENGINEERS, SCIENTIFIC knowledge, TECHNOLOGICAL innovations, CAREER development, POLITICIANS
Abstract

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Published
2016
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43. José Beça, um nome nas sombras da linha do Tua.

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Abstract

The general bibliography about the history of the Tua line indicates namely Abílio Beça, cacique of the regenerator party in Bragança, as the main lobbyist for the construction of the railway between Mirandela and that latter city. However, one other historical character also played an important role in that process: José Beça. In this paper, we aim to describe the role of this engineer, in cooperation with his brother Abílio Beça, in the adjudication of that public work. For such, we will build our dissertation upon several contemporary sources in order to describe José Beça's professional and political career as well as his positioning in the process that led to the adjudication of the Bragança railway to the contractor João Lopes da Cruz. We will therefore aim to add further knowledge to what is generically known through the Memórias Arqueológico-Históricas of the abbot of [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2015

44. INSTITUIÇÕES E CAMINHOS-DE-FERRO: MINISTÉRIO DAS OBRAS PÚBLICAS, PARLAMENTO E ASSOCIAÇÃO DOS ENGENHEIROS CIVIS PORTUGUESES (1852-1899).

Author

SILVEIRA PEREIRA, HUGO

Abstract

In the second half of the nineteenth century, Portugal opted for a policy of investment in public works, especially the railway. The Ministry of Public Works was created to manage this policy, being the sole administrator of the rail business. An advisory body was instituted in the ministry, having to be heard in respect to all public works. Its opinion was especially important in railway concessions by decree. Whenever parliament was heard, the Public Works commissions had great importance because they were required to prepare the text that would be discussed. The Portuguese Association of Civil Engineers was founded in 1870 in response to budget cuts and it was intended as a channel for the discussion and dissemination of issues related to engineering. The purpose of this article is to identify the relationships between these three institutions and the government and show the relevance of these bodies in the national railway policy. In order to do so, we will examine the Parliament's daily records, the copy books of the ministry's advisory bodies, the Revista de Obras Públicas e Minas (the Journal of Public Works and Mines) and the compilations of laws that indicate what was actually done. Through content analysis, we intend to frame these sources in their historical context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014

45. Um Banco na Misericórdia de Viana do Castelo.

Author

Silveira Pereira, Hugo

Subjects
*BANKING industry, *COMMUNITY banks, *RURAL credit, *AGRICULTURE, *EDUCATION
Abstract

on the second half of the XIX century, the Portuguese governments believed that the development of the kingdom required the widening of the credit to agriculture and the fostering of communications and education. In 1866 and 1867, to achieve the first of those requirements, the government published two laws that allowed charity institutions like the Misericórdias to use their assets in order to create rural and industrial banks. In Viana do Castelo, the local Misericórdia took advantage of that law and created the Banco Agrícola e Industrial Vianense. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011

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