Práticas políticas e os primeiros atos republicanos em Mato Grosso (1889-1892)

Abstract

This research has as object of study the political history of Mato Grosso, the political culture and its practices among elites from the state of Mato Grosso, with the transition from imperial regime to the republican regime in 1889, extending to the "Revolution" of 1892. The Republic brought changes within the political elite and in the moment of insertion for a new political administrative model, the party restructuring was of fundamental importance for these factions. The use of techniques and symbolic capital available to be organized and constituted the new elite are the set of practices that will be active in the representing field of each oligarchy. The study of this period comprises understand the causes and consequences that made the imperial regime collapse, highlighting among these causes: the Abolition of Slavery, the dissatisfaction of the army and the creation of the Republican Party in 1870, a generation that became known as the "generation of 70" and who fought primarily for political changes, economic modernization and the secularization of the state.. The regional historiography highlights that one of the practice was widely used during the First Republic was the violence, but in the period that we dedicated to the study of political practices of these oligarchical elites, we showed that the most frequently used were the practices of strategy and colonels. And that using of these practices, two important families are featured in the regional political scene: Ponce and Murtinho.