Corumbá e Ladário: Capítulos de História Regional

Abstract

The book is a collective work composed of 7 chapters that address, from the perspective of Regional History, themes for the border between Brazil and Bolivia. The texts gathered are products of academic research and cover the following topics: (i) slavery in Corumbá; (ii) the emancipation of Ladário; (iii) the presence of Freemasonry in Corumbá and Ladário in the final decades of the 19th century; (iv) the development of the water supply service in Corumbá and Ladário; (v) the participation of immigrants in local politics; (vi) the history of the City Council of Corumbá in the Empire and (vii) the experience of Bolivian immigrants who work in open markets in Corumbá and Ladário. The set of texts explores, from diverse documentary sources, the historicity of the interactions between public power and society in the region of Corumbá and Ladário and pays special attention to the historically established connections between these two cities, Bolivia and the Basin Hydrographic survey of the Paraguay River.