Artigo Acesso aberto Produção Nacional

“Gostaria de se tornar Tenente”: oficiais da Guarda Nacional – um perfil socioeconômico no Brasil Meridional (1850-1870)

2012; Volume: 16; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4013/htu.2012.163.04

ISSN

2236-1782

Autores

Miquéias Henrique Mugge,

Tópico(s)

History of Medicine and Tropical Health

Resumo

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the National Guard officers’ corps during the Brazilian Empire. Considering mainly the men who participated in it during the period between 1850 and 1873, it seeks to understand factors involving social practices and behavioral interfaces of various subjects in a delimited context, viz. the former German settlement of São Leopoldo, in the Province of Rio Grande do Sul. Thus, it aims at unveiling games of cooperation and conflict, whose analysis focuses on the militia officer’ corps in order to sketch a socioeconomic profile of its members.Key words: National Guard, officers, ascension, Empire, socioeconomic profile.

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