Resumen

PINTO, Maria de Fátima M. M.. D. ANTÓNIO DA COSTA, A DEFENDER OF POPULAR EDUCATION IN PORTUGAL IN THE XIX CENTURY. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.53, pp.144-157. ISSN 2236-3459 .  https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-3459/65288.

This article analyzes the role of D. António da Costa concerning the development of public and popular education in Portugal in the second half of the nineteenth century. Special emphasis is given to the creation of popular libraries, one of the popular education tools provided in the project designed by the man who was the first Minister of Public Education in Portugal His intervention surpassed the time of this position, starting a decade earlier and extending after it, through the implementation of popular libraries. An expert of the reality of his time and his country, D. António da Costa took conciliatory positions, believing that the success of their proposals depended on the coordination of public and private laic and religious initiatives in a decentralized political intervention scope.

Palabras clave : popular librarie; popular education; public education.

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