This book analyses, in an international comparative context, Portugals energy transition from
organic sources to fossil fuels in the period 1856-2006. It investigates the role that energy …

Quando analisamos o contributo dos caminhos-de-ferro para a expansão urbanística na
actual área metropolitana de Lisboa, é forçoso considerar que Lisboa é ainda hoje uma …

The chapter analyses the municipalisations in the gas sector in three Southern European
countries, France, Spain and Portugal, from the last third of the nineteenth century up to the …

Modern economic growth previously implied a shift in the quantities and quality of energy,
from renewable energy sources towards fossil fuels and electricity. This shift brought stress …

This article analyses the origin of the persistently high level of electricity prices that
hampered the expansion of electricity consumption during the interwar period in Porto …

No fueron muchos los casos de municipalización en la denominada Europa Latina, aunque
hubo varios que merece la pena tener en cuenta. Precisamente, el objetivo de este trabajo …

Path-dependence, the formation of technological irreversibilities and ownership patterns,
have recently been salient aspects in the study of historical networks. This article analyses …

The nineteenth century cities were marked by the concern with public hygiene, the
embellishment of urban space and the existence of leisure spaces that would respond to the …

The Thesis is that the energy availability was fundamental in the changing of the rural
coffees economy to the urban-industrials economy in São Paulo State, Brazil, and so, the …

Nos últimos anos muitos têm sido os projectos de investigação dedicados à história da
energia, direccionados para a abordagem das suas infra-estruturas, capitais, produção e …