http://hdl.handle.net/10174/7389 2026-04-06T11:31:50Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/40535 Title: Book Review: Maria Elvira Callapez, Sara Marques da Cruz, Vânia Carvalho, eds., Plasticity - a History of Plastics in Portugal. Leiria: Município de Leiria, Museu de Leiria Authors: Sampaio, Maria da Luz Abstract: Plasticity - A History of Plastics in Portugal is more than an exhibition catalog: it records the research developed during the project “The Triumph of Bakelite: Contribution to the History of Plastics in Portugal,” coordinated by Elvira Callapez, financed by the Portuguese national science foundation (FCT) between 2016 and 2018. The work presents an interdisciplinary analysis and a synthesis about the theme of plastics combining different approaches. The texts are signed by a vast team of researchers and consultants who participated in the project and entrepreneurs of the sector. Among them are the specialists Elvira Callapez, Paulina Mata, Ana Maria Ramos and Teresa Salomé Mota. Together the essays allow us to learn about the hitherto untold history of plastics in Portugal, beginning with the success of Bakelite, and presenting various manufacturing processes, evolution and industrialization of polymers throughout the decades of the twentieth century. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/39035 Title: The Voice of the People? Political Participation before the Revolutions Authors: Miranda, Flávio Abstract: O livro The Voice of the People? Political Participation before the Revolutions, de Wim Blockmans, parte de uma premissa muito simples. Considerando que, nos últimos dois séculos, a Europa desenvolveu várias formas de representação política que deram origem aos sistemas de parlamentarismo democrático, o autor questiona de que forma os grupos sociais “burgueses e camponeses” participaram no fenómeno da medezeggenschap (participação política ou codecisão) na formação das sociedades, a todos os níveis possíveis — nacional, regional e local —, no espaço europeu, desde as suas primeiras manifestações visíveis, no século XII, até cerca de 1800. 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/38958 Title: The Power and Pains of Polisemy: Maritime Trade, Averages, and Institutional Development in the Low Countries (15th-16th Centuries) Authors: Miranda, Flávio Abstract: This is one of the essential books for researchers and readers interested in maritime insurance, risk management, and commercial regulation in the fteenth- and sixteenth-century Low Countries. To overcome doubts and the“pains of polysemy” surrounding the concept of averages, this work is indispensable. Published as volume 15 of Brill’s Studies in Maritime History– a series devoted to the international and comparative study of maritime history– Gijs Dreijer’s book stems from a doctoral thesis completed within the framework of the AveTransRisk project (ERC 724544), coordinated by Maria Fusaro (University of Exeter). Although the title may initially appear unusual, it is well justi ed given the semantic complexity (“the pains of polysemy”) and the range of uses of the term average during this historical period, which provided distinct advantages to merchants (“the power of polysemy”) in their late medieval and early modern maritime enterprises. 2025-06-22T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/38164 Title: Um novo olhar sobre a Carta de Caminha por meio de duas propostas de edição Authors: Dores, Marcus Editors: Módolo, Marcelo Abstract: Review of the book "A Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha: edição modernizada e semidiplomática", by Marcelo Módolo and Maria de Fátima Nunes Madeira. 2025-03-05T00:00:00Z