A cidade, a freguesia e a fábrica: a Belle Époque suburbana e a industrialização na freguesia de Campo Grande (1889-1914)

Abstract

In this dissertation an analysis was made of the transformations that took place in the city of Rio de Janeiro and in its rural area during the period called Belle Époque, from the advent of the republican regime in Brazil. From the industrialization of the Campo Grande parish with the arrival of the Bangu Fabrics Factory on the site, we sought, based on the concept of roughness, the perception of the productions of the space before the insertion of a new technology in a rural environment. The research aims to analyze a movement of ruptures, permanences and adaptations of customs and technologies arranged in the city and its suburbs in a process of producing new spaces to be adapted to the demands of a new world guided by the industrialization process and the rise of urban life and its urbanization. We understand, as a result, that the arrival of a textile industry in a markedly rural environment provides an important case study for the perceptions raised about the experiences of different daily lives and life styles. Therefore, between the rural and the urban analyzed here, we were able to initiate an investigation about the social strata that sometimes overlap, sometimes join together and, thus, shape the territory to their needs.