Two paths: the port and work options in the South of Bahia between 1872 and 1940

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This article presents the results of the project “Pontal Bay - Ilhéus: the city, the port and the Atlantic”, financed by Bahia Research Foundation – FAPESB between 2012 and 2014 and is currently funded by National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – CNPq and by the Proyecto HAR2015-64044R – Global South. Puertos y desarrollo económico y social en el Atlántico meridional (1850-2010), approved by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Government of Spain. It discusses how the Port of Ilhéus changed the social composition of the city, introducing new types of occupations and areas of work