História da implantação e desenvolvimento da freguesia de São Miguel do Ipojuca entre 1594 - 1780 : contada a partir dos seus engenhos açucareiros

Abstract

The present Thesis of Master's, entitled "History of the Founding and Development of the Parish of St. Michael the Ipojuca between 1594 - 1780: counted since its sugar mills", have an historical research proposal directed for a Social and Environmental History of the process of consolidation of the parish of Ipojuca while large producer center of sugar the Humid Forest region of Pernambuco. Looking for still, in his preparation, pursue theoretical and methodological references that helped us to understand the actions of social groups of the past based on the interests that guided their actions in that environment. For this purpose we will make use of several types of sources: iconography, cartography, written sources and material culture. These sources, in turn, will be discussed in the light of the literature used in order to discuss and situate the object of our research in this paper, the Parish of St. Michael the Ipojuca in their political, economic, social and cultural aspects. No decontextualizes it, however, the political and geographic divisions of the Humid Forest and why not, the context of his own captaincy of Pernambuco.