As transformações políticas e econômicas da Província do Grão-Pará e a Escola Normal como instituição destinada a formar professores alinhados aos ideais modernos de ordenamento, progresso e civilização (1840 a 1871)

Abstract

This article discusses the process of political and economic transformations that
occurred in the Province of Grão-Pará, in the period 1840-1871. In the text, we
discuss the issue of the Normal School and therefore public education in teacher
training, in the midst of these changes, which was chosen by the political and
wealthy class of the Province of Grão - Pará as a propagation mechanism of
modern planning, progress and civilization ideals among citizens who circulated
through the center of the capital of that province, the town of Bethlehem. In
this sense, we also opted to situate these changes in relation to the political
measures of the imperial government, as openness of the Amazon River to
international navigation, the creation of the province of Amazonas and the
introduction of steam navigation as a way of integration with the rest of the
country and regional development. In the methodology, we adopt documentary
study, consulting reports and other historical sources of the period within the
microfilms of the electronic site (http://www.crl.edu/area-studies/lamp), as well
as the use of references to authors who talk about that period.