Drought, economy and society in the captaincy of Pernambuco and its annexes (1791-1801)

• Grant number: 17/10169-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: December 01, 2017
• End date: November 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of Brazil
• Principal Investigator: Maximiliano Mac Menz
• Grantee: Mariely de Albuquerque Mello Felipe
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research project investigates the great drought that occurred between 1791 and 1793 in the captaincies of Pernambuco and annexes. From a documentary analysis, the objective is to map the areas and agricultural products most affected, to understand the relations between Pernambuco and annexes with other producing areas in periods of scarcity, as well as to understand the implications of the long drought in the population. We are trying, above all, to create subsidies to better understand the influence of climatic variations on an agricultural economy of an exporting character, such as that of Portuguese America. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FELIPE, Mariely de Albuquerque Mello. And nature delivered them to the game of the times: the 1791 drought in the captaincy of pernambuco and its annexes. 2020. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.