"The destructive action of fire and axesFIRE AND AXES"

property, offense and nature in Serra do Araripe, Cariri, Ceará, at the beginning of the 20th century

Authors

  • Johnnys Alencar Doutorando em História pela Universidade Federal da Bahia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6068-0664
  • Lina Maria Professora Titular do Departamento de História, da Universidade Federal da Bahia

Keywords:

Property, Resistance, Poor Workers

Abstract

In the first two decades of the 20th century, news were published in newspapers in the city of Crato, A Liça (1903) and O Araripe (1919), which denounced the “destruction of Araripe” and pointed to a defense around the “forest”. However, there was no attempt to understand the interests and/or reasons why the transgressors/poor maintained such practices and habits. This article seeks to understand how, in the regional space, the discourse on preservation served as a political resource that helped in the maintenance of the agrarian structure in force and in the submission of workers to imposed labor relations.

Published

2022-02-04

How to Cite

Alencar, J., & Aras, L. M. B. de. (2022). "The destructive action of fire and axesFIRE AND AXES": property, offense and nature in Serra do Araripe, Cariri, Ceará, at the beginning of the 20th century. Sertão História - Electronic Journal of the Center for Studies in Social History and the Environment, 1(1), 83–98. Retrieved from http://revistas.urca.br/index.php/SertH/article/view/108