History Project (Seminar)

Objectives

Students will face a project that is related with a major historical trend of the society they live in (emigration), which is also entangled with the structural dynamic of the western contemporary societies (great transatlantic migrations of the 19th and 20th centuries).

The development of the project will provide them the following skills:

1. Knowledge of the scientific literature on the field of migration studies.

2. Research experience on the area of printed sources (daily newspapers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries)

3. Management and familiarity with archival sources related with the subject of their research project.

Program

CASE STUDY:

THE MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM THE DISTRICT OF PONTA DELGADA (1890-1920)

1. HISTORICAL CONTEXT

1.1. The Twilight of the Portuguese Monarchy

1.2. The Autonomy Campaigns in the Azores

1.3. The United States of America at the turn of the century

2. THE MIGRATION PROBLEM

2.1. The Azorean Migration on the frame of the Portuguese Migrations during the 19th century

2.2. The Migration of the District of Ponta Delgada on the frame of the Azorean migrations

2.3. The social and economic foundations of the migration on the District of Ponta Delgada and their contemporary critical evaluation

3. THE MATERIALS

3.1. Scientic Literature

3.2. Printed Sources

3.3. Archival Sources

Teaching Methodologies

The classes will be theoretical and practical. Practical classes will take place on local Libraries and Archives and the research project conducted by the students will be closely monitored. The class will be divided in different groups, each of them covering the main areas/topics of the research project (scientific literature, printed and archival sources). A single final report (30-50 pages) will be the main basis for the evaluation, but progress of the work during the course of the research, as well as the students engagement on the project, will also be evaluated.

Bibliography

BAGANHA, Mª Ioannis (2009), "Migração transatlântica: uma síntese histórica", em José V. Serrão, Magda de A. Pinheiro, e Mª de Fátima Sá e M. Ferreira (orgs.), Desenvolvimento Económico e Mudança Social. Portugal nos Últimos Dois Séculos

HIGGS, David (1990), Portuguese Migration in Global Perspective

LEITE, Joaquim da Costa (1996), "Os negócios da emigração (1870-1914)", Análise Social, XXXI(136-137), pp.381-396

MARTINS, J.P.Oliveira (1994), Fomento Rural e Emigração

MENDES, José Amado (1988), "A emigração portuguesa, nas ópticas de A.Herculano, O.Martins e A.Costa", Rev. Port. de Historia(XXIV),pp.293-308

MIRANDA, Sacuntala (1999), A Emigração Portuguesa e o Atlântico, 1870-1930

PEREIRA, Miriam H. (1993) et al (org.), Emigração/imigração em Portugal

ROCHA, Gilberta P. (2008), "Crescimento da população e os novos destinos da Emigração -1895-1976", em, História dos Açores, Vol. II

SERRÃO, Joel (1970), "Conspecto histórico da emigração portuguesa", Análise Social, XVIII(32), pp.597-617.