Los imperios portugués y español. : un análisis de su tratamiento en los libros de texto de ambos países durante las dictaduras y los años inmediatamente posteriores

• Main Author: Juan Esteban Rodríguez Garrido
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade do Porto 2015-06-01
• Series: CEM: Cultura, Espaço & Memória
• Subjects: School books; History; Salazar; Franco; Democracy
• Online Access: http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/13672.pdf

How did the political figures of the 70s and 80s influenced the way in which the history of Portuguese and Spanish colonial empires was told? That is the main question this article intends to answer. History manuals can stigmatize a period or evoke for eternity the figure of a determined monarch or politician. From the assumption that the textbook has been the educational resource most used to the development of the study of History, it’s interesting to analyse the way in which these books presented to Portuguese and Spanish students both the history and the characters of their colonial empires. For that purpose this article examines the main set of books shared in the Iberian Peninsula during the 70s and 80s with the intention of reflecting on the connection between their historical contents and the distinct political scenarios in Spain and Portugal. The selected books belong to the 2nd cycle of secondary education (in the case of New State), corresponding after the 3rd cycle of basic education (Democratic period) in the case of Portugal and also to the General Basic Education in Spain.