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| Author(s): |
Luciane Crisitina Scarato
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas |
| Defense date: | 2009-12-02 |
| Examining board members: |
Leila Mezan Algranti;
Paulo Miceli;
Iris Kantor
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| Advisor: | Leila Mezan Algranti |
| Abstract | |
The central theme of this masters dissertation are the paths and border areas of Minas Gerais, mainly the Rio de Janeiro's new road, the São Paulo's old road and the Mantiqueira District, during the period between 1733 and 1783. With this research, we hope to identify the most important ways of accessing the miner area on historical maps, comparing them to verify the importance of paths for the population and formation of the Capitania's urban net. By analyzing the administration of some colonial Minas' governors and their attitudes towards the opening of roads, specially the illegal ones, called picadas, we will see up to which point metropolitans and settlers' interests were opposed among each other. The roads travelling conditions, as well as the dangers that men and women that walked by them had to deal with, will also be an object of study. Finally, we are going to establish a social-economical profile of the paths and their nearby's inhabitants, through the analysis of their material goods. (AU) | |