A seca na década de 1970 em Bonito de Santa Fé: os trabalhos emergenciais.

Abstract

This paper proposes an analysis about the work emergencies occurred in the drought of the 1970s in the city of Bonito de Santa Fé, thus aiming to arouse new questions on the subject, through strategies such as oral history. Investigates the performance of work fronts and the construction works carried out by combat drought in the city of Bonito de Santa Fé. The theoretical assumptions that supported this research were the notions of drought emergencies work and oral history. Under this perspective, were of fundamental importance in this paper works as follows: “Raízes da indústria da seca: o caso da Paraíba” of Ferreira; “Falas de astúcia e de Angústia: a seca no imaginário nordestino. De problema a “solução” the Albuquerque Junior; Morte e Vida das oligarquias na Paraíba (1889-1945” of Gurjão; “História da Paraiba”: “História da Paraíba: Lutas e resistências of Mello. A data collection was given through literature review found in the Municipal Archive and interviews.