Local power and printed word: the political dynamics around the provincial councils and the periodical press in São Paulo, 1824-1834

Author(s)

Carlos Eduardo França de Oliveira

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2009-06-01

Examining board members

Cecilia Helena Lorenzini de Salles Oliveira; Marisa Saenz Leme; Laima Mesgravis

• Advisor: Cecilia Helena Lorenzini de Salles Oliveira

Abstract

The aim of this dissertation is to analyze the creation of provincial political areas in São Paulo through the study of the political performance of the Provincial Councils (Conselho da Presidência and Conselho Geral), which along with the provinces presidency formed the local power structure between the First Reign (1822-1831) and the beginning of the Regency Period (1831-1834). The dissertation purposes at the same time to link such analysis to the political discuss developed by the paulista press, mainly by O Farol Paulistano (1827-1831) and O Observador Constitucional (1829-1832), the first two printed newspapers in São Paulo. Taking into consideration the basic role that the press of that time represented as a vehicle of discussion and dissemination of distinct political projects, the analysis about the chosen periodicals enables a better understanding of the São Paulos press, the people involved in its implementation and maintenance, as well as the insertion of São Paulo in the political emperial bases construction in 19th century. In this regard, the research intends to bring out the essential elements of the political conceptions of the two newspapers, starting from the hypothesis that they didnt compose a homogeneous group, aspect that helps to understand the political nuances in São Paulo in the First Reign and in the initial period of the Regency. (AU)