ABSTRACT
The historiography of Portuguese Sociology has predominantly assumed a delayed development, mostly occurring after the launch of this academic field following the advent of democracy in 1974. According to several specialists (Almeida 1991; Fernandes 1996; Pais and Cabral 2006; Pinto 2007; Machado 2009; Pereira 2009), the long period of military dictatorship and Estado Novo or “New State” (1926–1974) would seem to have enforced a sociological research development vacuum.
