Uma histografia da seca: de fenômeno climático á construção política.

Abstract

This research analyzes the historiography of drought: weather phenomenon of the design dry as historical fact, political and social of the Northeast region of Brazil. On this topic there is already a relatively wide bibliography. However, some historians argue that, just from 1877, the drought ceased to be interpreted only as weather phenomenon and came to be considered as a national political issue. These discussions are presented in the works of Lúcia de Fátima Guerra Ferreira, "Raízes da Indústria da Seca: o caso da Paraíba", and the Master's thesis of Durval Muniz de Albuquerque Junior, "Falas de astúcia e de angústia: a seca no imaginário nordestino - de problema a solução (1877-1922)". In this paper, according to the thinking of historians mentioned, we analyze and understand how the drought, which was seen as a weather phenomenon, came to be perceived as a political construction. The work begins by presenting the social position of these historiographical productions, from Michel de Certeau; then discussed the concept of history of Albuquerque Júnior and Ferreira; and, finally, treated in a dry design of each author.