Abstract

NOGUEIRA, VERA LÚCIA  and  PAULA, DALVIT GREINER DE. The presidency of province and public instruction as a factors for expansion of the public space in the brazilian Empire 1

This article is a result of the research we have been carrying out in the field of History of Education, in order to understand the relations established between the provincial administration and the Court government, especially the geographical circulation of provincial presidents and their implications in the administration of public education. Research projects: "Politics and education in the Province of Minas Gerais: implications of the high turnover in the position of president in the formulation of policies of primary public education (1850-1889)" - Universal Call for Proposals 01/2014 - FAPEMIG and FAPEMIG Notice 03 / 2016 (BIPDT); "The Empire of Minas Gerais: relations between politics, power, education and culture in the administration of the province's business (1834-1889) - Universal Notices MCTI / CNPq nº 01/2016; Research subproject: Public space and education in Imperial Brazil: the political trajectory of Herculano Ferreira Penna (1811-1867), FAPEMIG Notice 03/2017 (BIPDT). The projects are part of the Interinstitutional Agreement related to the To Think Education to Think Brazil program (UFMG). English version of Adriana de Oliveira Pereira. E-mail: :adrianaopn@hotmail.com

The purpose of this article is to present a discussion about the behavior of provincial presidents, integrants of of the national political elite that after Independence, became one of the responsible groups that keep the unit and guarantee the political stability of the imperial State. Unlike the former Spanish colonies, which resulted in several republican states, the monarchy was adopted in Brazil with a stable civil government which centralized all the decisions in the Emperor´s hands, including the appointment to the post of provincial president.The focus is on the work of Herculano Ferreira Penna(1811-1867), politician who administered more provinces in the imperial state in the attention he conferred on public education in the provinces where he passed . We understand that, besides the weapons na politics, the population schooling was a fundamental strategy in the construction of the states and also contributed to the expasion of public space in Brazil.

Keywords : Presidency of the province; public instruction; public place.

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