Description:
The purpose of this study is to provide a concise yet full treatment of Portugal’s first attempt at democracy, the First Republic, 1910-26. When I began to teach the history of modern Portugal and to attempt to relate it to the history of Western Europe and to the past of Portuguese-speaking Africa, I found that no adequate, introductory treatment of the First Republic existed in any language. In this study I have attempted to combine narrative with interpretation and I have drawn upon a variety of unpublished and published materials in Portugal, Britain, and the United States. - From Preface


CONTENTS:

Preface......XI

1. An Introduction to Modern Portuguese History......3

2. A Monarchy without Monarchists......21

3. Republicanization......32

4. The Fifth of October......48

5. Young Republic: First Steps, October 1910 – January 1913......62

6. Democrats’ Republic, January 1913 – January 1915......93

7. Wars and Revolutions, January 1915 – December 1917......111

8. President Sidónio Pais and the New Republic, 1817-1918......139

9. Republic Immobile: The Standstill Polity......155

10. The Honor of the Army......172

11. In the Kingdom of the Pronunciamento, December 1918 – April 1925......193

12. The Politics of Despair, 18 Abril 1925 – 28 May 1926......214

13. The Twenty-eighth of May......234

14. Aftermath: From Military Dictatorship to New State, 1926-1933......246

15. Conclusions......253

Appendix A: Premiers, 1910-1933......265
Appendix B: Presidents of the Republic, 1910-1933......267
Appendix C: Selected List of Political Organizations......268
Notes......271
Bibliography......314
Glossary of Portuguese Political Words......322
Index......325