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June 01 2011

Population and Railways in Portugal, 1801–1930

Luís Espinha da Silveira,

Luís Espinha da Silveira

Luís Espinha da Silveira is Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon. He is the author of Território e Poder: Nas Origens do Estado Contemporâneo em Portugal (Cascais, 1997); editor of Os Recenseamentos da População Portuguesa de 1801 e 1849: Edição Crítica (Lisbon, 2001).

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Daniel Alves,

Daniel Alves

Daniel Alves is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon. He is the author of A Repú;blica atrás do balcão: Os lojistas de Lisboa na fase final da Monarquia (1870–1910) (Lisbon, 2010); “Entre o balcão e a política: os lojistas de Lisboa e o republicanismo (1870–1910),” Ler História, LIX (2010), 101–123.

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Nuno Miguel Lima,

Nuno Miguel Lima

Nuno Miguel Lima is a doctoral student, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon. He is the author of Os “Homens Bons” do Liberalismo: Os Maiores Contribuintes de Lisboa (1867–1893) (Lisbon, 2009); “Henry Burnay no contexto das fortunas da Lisboa Oitocentista,” Análise Social, XLIV (2009), 565–588.

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Ana Alcântara,

Ana Alcântara

Ana Alcântara is an MSc student in Geographical Information Systems and Science, ISEGI, New University of Lisbon, and a research assistant, benefiting from a research fellowship [SFRH/BTI/33380/2008] awarded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within the project (INVENT/0001/2007).

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Josep Puig

Josep Puig

Josep Puig is a gis technician and an MSc student, University of Lleida, and a research assistant, benefiting from a research fellowship [SFRH/BTI/33897/2009] awarded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within the project (INVENT/0001/2007).

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Author and Article Information

Luís Espinha da Silveira

Luís Espinha da Silveira is Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon. He is the author of Território e Poder: Nas Origens do Estado Contemporâneo em Portugal (Cascais, 1997); editor of Os Recenseamentos da População Portuguesa de 1801 e 1849: Edição Crítica (Lisbon, 2001).

Daniel Alves

Daniel Alves is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon. He is the author of A Repú;blica atrás do balcão: Os lojistas de Lisboa na fase final da Monarquia (1870–1910) (Lisbon, 2010); “Entre o balcão e a política: os lojistas de Lisboa e o republicanismo (1870–1910),” Ler História, LIX (2010), 101–123.

Nuno Miguel Lima

Nuno Miguel Lima is a doctoral student, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon. He is the author of Os “Homens Bons” do Liberalismo: Os Maiores Contribuintes de Lisboa (1867–1893) (Lisbon, 2009); “Henry Burnay no contexto das fortunas da Lisboa Oitocentista,” Análise Social, XLIV (2009), 565–588.

Ana Alcântara

Ana Alcântara is an MSc student in Geographical Information Systems and Science, ISEGI, New University of Lisbon, and a research assistant, benefiting from a research fellowship [SFRH/BTI/33380/2008] awarded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within the project (INVENT/0001/2007).

Josep Puig

Josep Puig is a gis technician and an MSc student, University of Lleida, and a research assistant, benefiting from a research fellowship [SFRH/BTI/33897/2009] awarded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within the project (INVENT/0001/2007).

Online ISSN: 1530-9169

Print ISSN: 0022-1953

© 2011 by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Inc.

2011

The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2011) 42 (1): 29–52.

https://doi.org/10.1162/JINH_a_00204

Abstract

Portuguese historiography has mostly adopted a pessimistic view regarding the contribution of the railways to the development of country. Yet, railway access helped to increase population concentration and economic development, favoring migration into towns, the growth of pre-existing urban centers, and the emergence of new centers. But railways tended to be more beneficial to regions that were already prosperous and to aggravate the conditions unfavorable to development in areas with greater structural weaknesses.

© 2011 by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Inc.

2011

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