Articulated temporalities: national integration and writing of history of Minas Gerais, Goiás and Amazônia in the First Republic

Abstract

The article analyzes the problem of the Minas Gerais, Goiás and Amazônia integration into the Brazilian nation in the thoughts of Nelson de Senna, Americano do Brasil and Raimundo Moraes, to understand the historical narratives elaborated by them in the First Republic period (1889-1930). Specifically, it examines how these authors articulated the temporalities of a past to be re-constructed and a present to be overcome in order to project a glorious future into their regions. For an integration with effective and outstanding participation, it was fundamental to reverse the economic stagnation and to get rid of the barbarism and insalubrity stigmas, so they concentrated many of his writings around these problematic ones.