História da Educação
Print version ISSN 1414-3518On-line version ISSN 2236-3459
Abstract
LUCHESE, Terciane Ângela. FROM ITALY TO BRAZIL: EVIDENCE OF PRODUCTION, CIRCULATION AND CONSUMPTION OF READING BOOKS (1875-1945). Hist. Educ. [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.51, pp.123-142. ISSN 2236-3459 . https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-3459/68894.
The objective of this article is to understand production, circulation, and consumption, in Brazil, of Italian school books sent to the so called Italian schools abroad, referring particularly to the collection organized by Clementina Bagagli. Contributions of Cultural History subsidize the documental analysis of didactic handbooks, in addition to other documents. I conclude circulation of books sent by Italian government was outstanding in school environments, especially in urban ones. I notice there were differences among didactic books in quantity and content resulting from policies practiced by Italy, being those during fascism, the most fruitful ones. Finally, there was preservation of reading and books, even if students went to public or confessional schools, with Portuguese teaching.
Keywords : ethnic schools; didactic books; italian immigrants; production; circulation and consumption.