In distant paragens: demography, wealth, slavery and market in Santa Rita do Turvo in the second half of the nineteenth century

Author(s)

Fernando Antonio Alves da Costa

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2015-02-26

Examining board members

Jose Flavio Motta; Luciana Suarez Lopes; Fábio Faria Mendes; Nelson Hideiki Nozoe; Agnaldo Valentin

• Advisor: Jose Flavio Motta

Abstract

Analyzed the wealth inventoried in Santa Rita do Turvo in the second half of the nineteenth century. Initially approached the level of concentration and the composition of the declared resources. Later separately investigated the main groups of assets that comprised the assets of individuals who died during the period recovered and were inventoried. The detailed analysis allowed qualify the type of current slavery, the dominant agrarian landscape and the market of the town. We hold that the production of genres set in Santa Rita do Turvo assumed relevant proportions, met some stability in the course of the second half of the nineteenth century and gave movement to the economic environment of the locality, regardless of connections to regions of more complex and bulky economies. However, we admit that the issues raised in the thesis were based on a small group of village population and not the sets of its inhabitants. Certainly this aspect given limits for analyzes. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/09873-9 - In remote areas: demographics, wealth, slavery and market in Santa Rita do Turvo in the late 18th century.
• Grantee: Fernando Antonio Alves da Costa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate