This study has as its focal perspective the mediative and institutive role of the knowledge performed by Brazilian teachers and intellectuals in the second-half of the 19 th century and in the beginning of the 20 th century in Rio de Janeiro. It analyses the contribution of Joaquim Manuel de Macedo-novelist, physician, and History teacher at Colégio de Pedro II-in the construction of the school history and its pedagogy at that period.
Este trabalho analisa as diferentes formas de imaginar a nação brasileira e tem como foco a criação histórica desta nação nos livros didáticos de história do Brasil. As fontes principais de análise foram os livros de História do Brasil publicados para o ensino secundário brasileiro nas primeiras décadas do século XIX e que correspondem à primeira fase da historiografia didática nacional: o Resumo de Historia do Brasil de Henrique Luís de Niemeyer Bellegarde, de 1831, e o Compendio da Historia do Brasil, de José Ignacio de Abreu e Lima, publicado em 1843.
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