ABSTRACT
The evolution of economic, financial and managerial ideas in Portugal is closely related to the process of institutionalisation of the teaching of these disciplines at various levels. In fact, the majority of the books on these subjects that were published across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were written for teaching purposes, either in the universities and high schools, or in the lyceums, popular schools and occasional schools sponsored by business associations. Textbooks acquire therefore a particular importance for an overall assessment of the evolution of Portuguese economic ideas and practices.
