O comércio interno no Pará oitocentista: atos, sujeitos sociais e controle entre 1840-1855

Abstract

In the late XIX century, the apeeches of the presidents of the provinces of Pará emphasized the ideals of local economic progress, which would be reached through the recovery of the business and commerce among the various villages and towns of the region. For this, they proposed to reorganize the internal market and settle down companies of commerce and steam navigation to encourage commercial activities. However, those political ideas also considered the necessity of establish and control, due to the actions of the smuggling commerce. Starting from press sources and from historiography about the theme, ideas and policies are analyzed taking into consideration the arguments and the objectives of the implementation of the steam navigation to the internal supplying of the province and to the increase of the export commerce. The objective of this work is to study the policies about river navigation and the control of the commercial activities which cheated the authorities of the provinces was directed to.