The formation of the rural area in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (1829-1892)

• Main Authors: Maria do Carmo Brazil, Elaine Cancian
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco 2016-11-01
• Series: Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica
• Subjects: Rural area in Mato Grosso do Sul; Agrarian oligarchies; Lands and historiographical production
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/25029/20275

This paper is included in the field of agrarian history. It aims to investigate the organization of the agricultural society in the southern areas of Mato Grosso. Following the path taken by Linhares, across the fields of economic and social history, we seek to analyze the way such locations as Santana de Paranaíba, Rio Brilhante, Coxim, Corumbá, Campo Grande and mainly Miranda became, between 1829 and 1892, important landmarks in terms of the land frontier expansion towards the Brazilian Center-West region. The historical sources were itineraries written by sertanistas in the 19th century, memorialistic reports and post-mortem inventories, among other documents found in local and regional archives. The materials show the land concentration, the consequent social exclusion, and a repressive and authoritarian political apparatus –oligarchical procedures also included in the process of occupation of the lands in Mato Grosso do Sul