O processo de qualificação de votantes no Brasil Império: perfil da população votante do distrito sede de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais (1872-1876)

Abstract

This dissertation is the result of curiosity to better understand the intricacies of the political action of Brazil in the 19th century – period marked by frequent collisions between traditional and modern - and all the problems inherent in it, above all, elections and the social dynamics behind these political events. The purpose of this study is to examine the dimensions of electoral experience in Empire of Brazil, from the analysis of the information contained in the lists that compose the books of qualification of voters belonging to the outline the profile of qualified voters and electors of this municipality. Meanwhile, the lists were analyzed lists concerning to the District Headquarters of the municipality, composed of twenty blocks. Assembled the use of new documentary sources to a methodology that combines the use of quantification in the analysis of qualitative data in order to understand how far the changes made in electoral legislation of the Empire of Brazil affected and shaped the election practices in the country, and what that signified in practical terms, when the electoral registration.