“Imperatriz” versus “Tiradentes”: “fazer urbano”, abolicionismo e republicanismo na municipalidade de Juiz de Fora (1881 – 1889)

Abstract

This research aims to conduct a study on the political dynamics of the city of Juiz de Fora, throughout the 1880s, rescuing the last traces of the manner in which the elites who worked in the village got together and rearticulate in the search for solutions to contingencies and demands on material improvements in the urban structure of the city. A priori, we discard any classification that can determine the ideological affiliations of “juiz-foranos” characters, understanding that the traditional division Monarchy versus Republic is not able to encompass or represent conflicting political identities in the town during this period.