%0 Journal Article %T A Independ¨ºncia do Brasil e o liberalismo portugu¨ºs: um balan o da produ o acad¨ºmica %A Jo£¿o Paulo G. Pimenta %J HIb Revista de Historia Iberoamericana %D 2008 %I Universia %X This article deals, from a historical point of view, with the academicinterpretations of the political break between Brazil and Portugal that took placeduring the first decades of the nineteenth century. Besides considering some ofthe classic interpretations, the article indentifies recent scholarship, stresssingcurrent research demands. %K Independence of Brazil %K Revolution of Porto %K Historiography %K Portuguese Liberalism %U http://revistahistoria.universia.cl/pdfs_revistas/articulo_83_1224649242546.pdf