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| Author(s): |
Leandro Macedo Janke
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2015-02-06 |
| Examining board members: |
Antonio Carlos Robert Moraes;
Gabriela Nunes Ferreira;
Iris Kantor;
Ilmar Rohloff de Mattos;
Luís Cláudio Villafañe Gomes Santos
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| Advisor: | Antonio Carlos Robert Moraes |
| Abstract | |
The purpose of this work is to develop a biographical study on the life of Duarte da Ponte Ribeiro (1795-1878), the diplomat who negotiated the borders that came to separate the Empire from its republican neighbors. Not only he was appointed representative of Brazil in countless diplomatic missions, but also he was regular employee of the Department of Foreign Affairs and member of the Counsel of the Empire for foreign affairs. Throughout his diplomatic life, he came to be known as a supporter of the idea that the Empire of Brazil should incorporate a state territoriality that coincided with the definition of its national frontiers, a conception that significantly differed from the traditional one concerning the concept of empire. Ponte Ribeiros reflections present in his extensive discursive production are of great relevance, since they highlight that territory, its integrity and the definition of its limits were constantly debated subjects among imperial officials, which, in its turn, indicates that the establishment of the Brazilian imperial state can be associated to a territorial process. The trajectory of Duarte da Ponte Ribeiro allows for the comprehension of the way a specific group the imperial officials in a specific context, perceived the territory and of the geographical ideology that guided their political actions. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/08655-0 - Territory and Territoriality in Empire of Brazil. |
| Grantee: | Leandro Macedo Janke |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |