2011
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-90742011000100002
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Capitais sonhadas, capitais abandonadas Considerações sobre a mobilidade das capitais nas Américas (séculos XVIII - XX)

Abstract: Resumo: Este artigo, que serve de introdução ao dossiê, se concentra sobre a questão da mobilidade das capitais nas Américas. Desse modo privilegia dois aspectos, o primeiro aponta transferências como processos que se inscrevem a longo prazo, dando forma a projetos, em que se cruzam dimensões urbanísticas e políticas, sem esquecer os aspectos psicológicos, sem os quais não podemos compreender as motivações de certos deslocamentos; por conseguinte, essas capitais são sonhadas e esses sonhos (políticos ou sociai… Show more

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“…According to Laurent Vidal, projecting an image of consolidated power and stability is a key ingredient in any bid for a capital city. Likewise, for the marketing of any future capital, it is important to reflect the social aspirations of the day and host events symbolic of the coming of a new era: found the first hospital, for instance, or the first secondary school, or the first tramway (Vidal, 2011). The rubber barons on the Yaco river picked public health as the cornerstone of their bid to make Sena Madureira the capital of Acre.…”
Section: Dispute Between the Capitals And Sena Madureira As A "Salubrmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…According to Laurent Vidal, projecting an image of consolidated power and stability is a key ingredient in any bid for a capital city. Likewise, for the marketing of any future capital, it is important to reflect the social aspirations of the day and host events symbolic of the coming of a new era: found the first hospital, for instance, or the first secondary school, or the first tramway (Vidal, 2011). The rubber barons on the Yaco river picked public health as the cornerstone of their bid to make Sena Madureira the capital of Acre.…”
Section: Dispute Between the Capitals And Sena Madureira As A "Salubrmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At the time, the prevailing political philosophy was that capital cities should be in the geographical center of the areas they represented. In the US, most of the new territories and states added to their constitutions the provision that their capitals should be centrally located (Vidal, 2011). The geographical location of Sena Madureira (between Volta da Empresa and Cruzeiro do Sul) and the sanitation policies for its urban hub meant that as early as 1908 it started being picked to host the main federal entities in Acre, such as the appeals court, the federal revenue office, the main post office, and the regional Ministry of Agriculture office.…”
Section: Dispute Between the Capitals And Sena Madureira As A "Salubrmentioning
confidence: 99%