De chegadas e partidas: migrações portuguesas no Pará (1800-1850)

Abstract

This thesis discusses the Portuguese migration to the captaincy and then province of Pará, between 1800 and 1850. In this period marked by political ruptures - with the Independence of Brazil from Portugal and Pará Accession to the new country -, the emergence of a markedly antilusitanian movement and shades of extreme rivalry acquired through Cabanagem, we concern ourselves with the Lusitanian migration dynamics in Pará. Making use of privileged documents, which are the passport records issued in Portugal to the city of Belém do Pará, we proposed first to quantify the migration occurring between these two spaces in the investigated period. In a second moment of research, we proceed to establish a dialogue between serial and microanalysis history: of the 1339 individuals who immigrated to Pará, we follow the life paths of some of those immigrants from Portugal to Pará. Commercial business, family arrangements and strategies of economic and social integration are among other topics discussed throughout this thesis.