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The present article seeks to analyze the repercussion of the Land Law (1850) and other norms installed between 1850 and mid-twentieth century, over the land structure in the city of Parahyba. The research is based on the Historical Geography perspective, regarded by Philo (1997) as a sub-discipline whose main goal is to spatialize the phenomena of the past aiming at comprehending the processes that have led the current reality to be this. The starting point is to understand that a critical study is built up by means of interaction of temporal succession along with the spatial simultaneity for an eventual land structure analysis of the main streets of the city of Parahyba to be presented. The urban soil’s privatization process institutionalized by the Land Law (1850) is believed to be an important mark for the comprehension of the city, of urban life and, finally, of the street. Thus, the focus was on the incidence of the Land Law on the main streets of the city of Parahyba which are Rua General Osório (Rua Nova/ Marques do Herval), Duque de Caxias (Rua Direita) and Visconde de Pelotas (Rua da Cadeia). Thus, it is revealed that the norms which provide support to the urban land privatization, salubrity and embellishment of the city have changed not only the land structure but also the morphology and contents of the city and city life as well.||O presente artigo busca analisar a repercussão da Lei de Terras (1850) e das demais normativas implementadas, entre 1850 e meados do século XX, na estrutura fundiária da Cidade da Parahyba. A pesquisa fundamenta-se na perspectiva da Geografia Histórica, considerada por Philo (1996) como uma subdisciplina, tendo, por objetivo principal, espacializar os fenômenos do passado com a finalidade de compreender os processos que levaram à realidade atual. Parte-se do entendimento de que um estudo crítico se constrói através da interação da sucessão temporal com a simultaneidade espacial para então se apresentar uma análise da estrutura fundiária das principais ruas da Cidade da Parahyba. Acredita-se que o processo de privatização do solo urbano institucionalizado pela Lei de Terras (1850) é um marco importante para a compreensão da cidade, da vida urbana e, portanto, da rua. Assim, o foco deu-se na incidência da Lei de Terras nas principais ruas da Cidade da Parahyba, a Rua General Osório (Rua Nova/ Marques do Herval), Duque de Caxias (Rua Direita) e Visconde de Pelotas (Rua da Cadeia). Assim, revela-se que as normativas que dão respaldo à privatização da terra urbana, à salubridade e ao aformoseamento da cidade modificaram não só a estrutura fundiária, como também a morfologia e o conteúdo da cidade e da vida citadina.
Abstract
THE INITIAL IMPACTS OF THE 1850 LAND LAW OVER THE LAND STRUCTURE OF THE CITY OF PARAHYBA
The present article seeks to analyze the repercussion of the Land Law (1850) and other norms installed between 1850 and mid-twentieth century, over the land structure in the city of Parahyba. The research is based on the Historical Geography perspective, regarded by Philo (1997) as a sub-discipline whose main goal is to spatialize the phenomena of the past aiming at comprehending the processes that have led the current reality to be this. The starting point is to understand that a critical study is built up by means of interaction of temporal succession along with the spatial simultaneity for an eventual land structure analysis of the main streets of the city of Parahyba to be presented. The urban soil’s privatization process institutionalized by the Land Law (1850) is believed to be an important mark for the comprehension of the city, of urban life and, finally, of the street. Thus, the focus was on the incidence of the Land Law on the main streets of the city of Parahyba which are Rua General Osório (Rua Nova/ Marques do Herval), Duque de Caxias (Rua Direita) and Visconde de Pelotas (Rua da Cadeia). Thus, it is revealed that the norms which provide support to the urban land privatization, salubrity and embellishment of the city have changed not only the land structure but also the morphology and contents of the city and city life as well.
