Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal period
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Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/26929 https://doi.org/Guimarães, Paulo Eduardo. “Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal period”. Anglo Saxonica, No. 17, issue 1, art. 12, 2020, pp. 1–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/as.6 https://doi.org/10.5334/as.6 |
Resumo: | The thought and works of Henry D.Thoreau have been interpreted in the reactive context of industrialization and the values underpinning it. The late diffusion of his ideas in Portugal seems to correspond with the modernization process, marked by the limited and belated industrialization that accompanies this awareness of environmental problems. This essay clarifies this interpretation and presents a picture of the early environmental consequences of economic development in Portugal by identifying a set of environmental conflicts that occurred in different contexts since the middle of the nineteenth century. Those conflicts where related to large-scale mining, metallurgical and chemical industries, practices of overfishing, commercial farming and the privatization of common land. Direct action in the form of sabotage, property invasions, and riots were frequent forms that accompanied parliamentary activity and recourse to the courts right up to the end of the republican period. Archival research has consistently shown that these conflicts were reactive and motivated immediately by the damage caused by pollution to health and incomes and which also involved the destruction of collective goods or the appropriation of community resources. This historical approach seeks, therefore, to identify the patterns of collective action in defense of the environment in Portugal. |
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Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal periodConflitos AmbientaisHistória Ambiental (Portugal, séculos XIX e XX)Indústria mineira (poluição)The thought and works of Henry D.Thoreau have been interpreted in the reactive context of industrialization and the values underpinning it. The late diffusion of his ideas in Portugal seems to correspond with the modernization process, marked by the limited and belated industrialization that accompanies this awareness of environmental problems. This essay clarifies this interpretation and presents a picture of the early environmental consequences of economic development in Portugal by identifying a set of environmental conflicts that occurred in different contexts since the middle of the nineteenth century. Those conflicts where related to large-scale mining, metallurgical and chemical industries, practices of overfishing, commercial farming and the privatization of common land. Direct action in the form of sabotage, property invasions, and riots were frequent forms that accompanied parliamentary activity and recourse to the courts right up to the end of the republican period. Archival research has consistently shown that these conflicts were reactive and motivated immediately by the damage caused by pollution to health and incomes and which also involved the destruction of collective goods or the appropriation of community resources. This historical approach seeks, therefore, to identify the patterns of collective action in defense of the environment in Portugal.University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies2020-02-12T11:37:13Z2020-02-122020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10174/26929https://doi.org/Guimarães, Paulo Eduardo. “Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal period”. Anglo Saxonica, No. 17, issue 1, art. 12, 2020, pp. 1–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/as.6https://doi.org/10.5334/as.6http://hdl.handle.net/10174/26929https://doi.org/10.5334/as.6por1–91, art. 12, 2020Anglo Saxonica17peg@mail.telepac.pt733Guimarães, Paulo Eduardoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-03T19:21:43Zoai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/26929Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:16:58.862997Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal period |
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Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal period |
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Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal period Guimarães, Paulo Eduardo Conflitos Ambientais História Ambiental (Portugal, séculos XIX e XX) Indústria mineira (poluição) |
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Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal period |
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Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal period |
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Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal period |
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Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal period |
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Far from Thoreau? The struggle for environmental justice in Portugal during the first Liberal period |
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Guimarães, Paulo Eduardo |
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Guimarães, Paulo Eduardo |
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Guimarães, Paulo Eduardo |
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Conflitos Ambientais História Ambiental (Portugal, séculos XIX e XX) Indústria mineira (poluição) |
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Conflitos Ambientais História Ambiental (Portugal, séculos XIX e XX) Indústria mineira (poluição) |
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The thought and works of Henry D.Thoreau have been interpreted in the reactive context of industrialization and the values underpinning it. The late diffusion of his ideas in Portugal seems to correspond with the modernization process, marked by the limited and belated industrialization that accompanies this awareness of environmental problems. This essay clarifies this interpretation and presents a picture of the early environmental consequences of economic development in Portugal by identifying a set of environmental conflicts that occurred in different contexts since the middle of the nineteenth century. Those conflicts where related to large-scale mining, metallurgical and chemical industries, practices of overfishing, commercial farming and the privatization of common land. Direct action in the form of sabotage, property invasions, and riots were frequent forms that accompanied parliamentary activity and recourse to the courts right up to the end of the republican period. Archival research has consistently shown that these conflicts were reactive and motivated immediately by the damage caused by pollution to health and incomes and which also involved the destruction of collective goods or the appropriation of community resources. This historical approach seeks, therefore, to identify the patterns of collective action in defense of the environment in Portugal. |
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