O borgismo no Alto Taquari: uma análise das relações de poder coronelistas nas colônias alemãs e italianas (1903-1928)

Abstract

This thesis aim to understand the coronelista power relations in the colonies of Estrela, Lajeado and Encantado under the castilhista - borgista system and Riograndense Republican Party (PRR) for the years 1903/1928. Period in which the Rio Grande do Sul was ruled by Borges de Medeiros. It also seeks to contribute to a better perception in the political formation of these municipalities of the Vale do Taquari region, seeking to understand the constitution of local government and its relationship with the government from Borges de Medeiros. It also aims to contextualize and seize the adjustments between local political groups and the network articulated commitments by the State President throughout his long political hegemony. One of the peculiarities is the presence of descendants of German and Italian immigrants in the analyzed sites, establishing a constant dynamic of cooptation, bargaining and resistance, with the central issue to evaluate the adaptation of the landowner system to a reality in which the economy is marked by the predominance of smallholdings. In order to analyze the documents found on the aforementioned settlements, we intend to better design the intendencial political life, compared to the other references currently studied. The main source of research are the letters received by Borges de Medeiros local leaders, found in the ABM/IHGRGS. Through these documents we can understand how occurred the formation of the network of commitments that gave support to the successive re-elections of political leaders and as a colonial elite gave the necessary support for such maintenance and perpetuation of power.