Slavery, Conflicts, and Archaeology in Eighteenth-Century Minas Gerais, Brazil

2014 ◽  
pp. 61-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Magno Guimarães ◽  
Camila Fernandes de Morais ◽  
Luísa de Assis Roedel
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Minas Gerais

scholarly journals Seizures among the Participants of the Inconfidência Mineira as a Source for Research on the History of Books and Libraries (1789)

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
André Figueiredo Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
North America ◽  
Literary Culture ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Books ◽  
Separatist Movement

ABSTRACT This article discusses the seizure of assets owned by the participants in the Minas Gerais State separatist movement known as the Inconfidência Mineira in Brazil, and whether these seizure records may serve as a source for research on the history of books, libraries, and general reading habits in Minas Gerais in the second half of the eighteenth century. First, the historical context of books and the intersection between the seizures and the region’s literary culture were examined. The possibilities and the limits to the use of these seizure records in the study of private libraries is also analyzed. Finally, some of the conspirators’ reading habits, which were influenced by the revolutionary ideas that circulated Europe and North America, are presented.

scholarly journals Production, Supply and Circulation of National Gold Coins in Brazil (1703-1807)

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Martins de Sousa ◽  
Fernando Carlos G. de Cerqueira Lima
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Demand For Money ◽  
Gold Coins

In this paper, we assess the production, supply, and circulation of national gold coins in Brazil in the eighteenth century. New estimates have been provided of the volume of production of these gold coins at Mints of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Minas Gerais. Comparing the values of this coinage with remittances to Lisbon, the first half of the eighteenth century reveals a more stable conjuncture than the second half. This latter period shows fluctuations that were expressed in the faster growth of the supply, despite the fall that took place in the production-coinage of gold. Our conclusions question the historiographical theses about the shortage of currency in Brazil throughout the Eighteenth Century. The growth of the economy from the last quarter of the Century onwards implied an increase in the demand for money, which may explain the increase in the supply of national gold coins.

scholarly journals Geomorfologia antropogênica em função da mineração de ouro no século XVIII: bases científicas e educativas na proposição de uma Trilha Geoturística Urbana na Sede no Município de Ouro Preto (MG)

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzana Fernandes de Paula ◽  
Paulo de Tarso Amorim Castro
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Gold Rush ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Landscape Modification ◽  
Quadrilátero Ferrífero ◽  
Anthropogenic Geomorphology ◽  
Mining Regions

A Geomorfologia Antropogênica tem como objeto de estudo as geoformas produzidas bem como aquelas modificadas pelas atividades humanas. Em regiões mineiras, como o Quadrilátero Ferrífero em Minas Gerais, a mineração tem sido o principal atividade antrópica a afetar e modificar a paisagem. A extração aurífera é responsável pela interiorização da ocupação no Brasil setecentista e a criação dos núcleos urbanos tais como Ouro Preto. A partir das premissas da geoconservação são analisados pontos em que são evidentes as ações antrópicas na modificação da paisagem. Esses pontos integram um roteiro turístico urbano Ouro Preto de base científica e educativa. Anthropogenic geomorphology anthropogenic related to gold mining in the eighteenth century: scientific and educational bases on the proposition of a urban geoturistic trail in Ouro Preto City (MG, Brazil) ABSTRACT The anthropogenic geomorphology is focused on the study of landforms produced as well as those modified by human activities. In mining regions such as the Quadrilátero Ferrífero in Minas Gerais (Brazil), mining has been the main human activity to affect and change the natural landscape. The gold rush extraction is responsible for the occupation of the brazilian hinterlands in eighteenth-century as also the establishment and nourishment of their first urban areas such as Ouro Preto city. From the geoconservation assumptions it will be analysed the points where human activities are evident agents in landscape modification. These points are part of an urban tourist trail of Ouro Preto whose scope is educational and scientific. KEYWORDS: Anthropogenic Geomorphology, Ouro Preto, Protocol, Geotourism.

Resurrecting Chica da Silva

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel L. de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Stability

This chapter details the resistance of Chica da Silva. Chica was an enslaved woman born in eighteenth-century Brazil who obtained manumission and socioeconomic ascendance through her involvement with a very wealthy Portuguese man who was sent to the interior of the State of Minas Gerais to oversee the exploration of diamond mines. Chica guaranteed her survival and the well-being of her offspring through her association with the diamond contractor. Faced with few alternatives for economic stability, her association with a “benefactor” might still be interpreted as a choice to commodify her body. However, Chica's resistance to subjugation warrants a more complex assessment.

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