“Malfadada província”: lembranças de anarquia e anseios de civilização (1836-1839)

Abstract

The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the reorganisation of the province of Pará in Cabanagem troublesome years under the auspices of the Government of Francisco José de Sousa Soares d‟Andréa. Sent by the Regency, Soares d Andréa used the violence and also the construction of an imaginary to conquest the control of the province of the hands of cabanos, who were bad men to him that spread the terror in Pará. To him, and other leaders of anticabanas leadership, there was an important relationship between nature, caractheristics of the population and cabanos, as well as the absence of civilisation was related to the deprivation of the province; these elements easily realized in their speeches, in its correspondence exchanged with his superiors and other authorities. The documentation searched also points to different views of Soares d' Andréa‟s thought, allowing a new vision of image built by the President of the province and, therefore the construction of an image of the cabanos and forces contrary to speech Soares d' Andréa. Also discusses the ideas of President and leadership anticabanas concerning an antagonism between humanity and the nature of the province and understanding which were the needs of Pará in its process of reconstruction and civilisation.