{"product_id":"peoples-history-portugal-9780745351605-new","title":"A People's History of Portugal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In the best traditions of \"history from below\", Raquel Varela and Roberto della Santa restore two hundred years of class struggle in Portugal to where it belongs' \u003c\/b\u003eAndy Durgan, historian and author of \u003ci\u003eVolunteers for the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A remarkable achievement - sweeping in scope, beautifully written, and politically alive on every page' \u003c\/b\u003eYassamine Mather, Middle East Centre, University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Forceful, vigorous, and passionate' \u003c\/b\u003eRicardo Antunes, Professor of Sociology at University of Campinas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA People's History of Portugal\u003c\/i\u003e reconstructs the last two hundred years of class struggle in Portugal. Raquel Varela and Roberto della Santa examine the material conditions of its people - examining the real causes of the revolutionary waves and counter-revolutionary backlash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting in the early nineteenth century, the theme of colonialism and its antithesis runs through the narrative, as working-class life was closely entwined with Portuguese colonial exploitation. Despite relatively slow industrial development, Portuguese people spearheaded a surprisingly vigorous radical culture of dissent, eventually sparking a social and political revolution in 1974. More recently, Portugal's inclusion in the European Union has put its people in a neoliberal stranglehold that stifles democracy to this day. Are the working people of Portugal able to carry the memory of the revolutionary past into its future? This is a history of, and for, the people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaquel Varela\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at New University of Lisbon, and Honorary Fellow at the International Institute for Social History. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA People's History of the Portuguese Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA People's History of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, and the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e, with Robson Villalba.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberto della Santa\u003c\/b\u003e is an Integrated Researcher at the Open University of Lisbon, and Scientific Co-Coordinator of the OCVT\/UNL. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe 25th of April Began in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorking and Living in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGlobal Labour Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (in Portuguese).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PLUTO PR","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67602494718242,"sku":"9780745351605-new","price":23.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780745351605.jpg?v=1792968338","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/peoples-history-portugal-9780745351605-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}