A dinâmica do recrutamento militar na Província de Minas Gerais: mobilização, conflito e resistência durante a Guerra do Paraguai (1865-1870)

Abstract

The study of history related with military subjects is getting new adepts worried in “making history”, going away from this positive, traditional and nationalistic perspective. Ins this sense, it is observed that a present focus on the study of the army formation and its elements can provide new approaches and different historical ways, which take to a new comprehension of the social and cultural history of Brazil. We intend to discuss about the military recruitment in the province of Minas Gerais emphasizing the mobilization, the dynamic, the possible conflicts and the resistance that occurred in Minas Gerais within 1865 and 1870 (Paraguay War). We want to underline the result of the military recruitment during the battle of Brazil against Paraguay and understand how it influenced in the political, social and economical structure of the Minas Gerais province, drawing our attention to possible peculiarities.