Aproveitar propriedades para construir vias de comunicação: o caso das fazendas Bebedouro (Brasil) e A Luisiana (Colômbia), 1870-1900

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze the strategies (political ties and social networks) employed by socioeconomic groups in Brazil and Colombia, as well as the use of the farm as support and the capital provided by the sowing of agricultural products to guarantee investment in roads of communication. Three themes are important for the present analysis. First, the consolidation of farms with the creation of associations and ties between family and friends from alliances and cooperation. Second, the organization of local markets and commercial networks supported by farms in order to enter regional markets. Third, the pose on the farm reveals the economic strengthening of the groups, as a condition to promote and benefit from the means of communication. The sources used are mainly notary books, deeds, inventories, donations and divisions of farms.