Jataí, a colony military in the consolidation of state in Brazil (1850-1890)

• Grant number: 13/10962-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: September 01, 2013
• End date: August 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of Brazil
• Principal Investigator: Maria Luiza Ferreira de Oliveira
• Grantee: Jéssika de Aquino Bezerra
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research analyzes the installation of the military colonie of Jatai, in Parana, that had occurred during the formation of the Brazilian State. The military colonies were part of a project that covered all Brazilian territory that was converted in law in 1850 and had the purpose to prevent conflicts with the people considered dangerous and, simultaneously, allow the territorial conquest. Between the years 1850 and 1860, those ventures had attracted various sectors of society and, after 1870, most of them became villages, small towns or cities. Based on this knowledge, to develop this work it was studied the period between 1850 and 1870 in order to understand the dynamics and conflicts around the creation of military colonies, and identify interests around those projects. For the analysis, the laws and the administrative sanctions prepared by the Brazilian Empire were mapped, as well as speeches about the subject - produced in the central and provincial centers of political power. (AU)