In the limits of civilization: History and historiography of the working class in Mato Grosso do Sul

• Main Author: Vitor Wagner Neto de Oliveira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) 2021-01-01
• Series: Revista Mundos do Trabalho
• Subjects: historiography; working class; mato grosso do sul
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho/article/view/74503/45270

In this article we present historiography survey, produced in the last four decades, about the world of work in Mato Grosso do Sul, highlighting the diversity of themes, subjects and sources that have contributed to amplify and deepen the interpretation of the region, understanding it as part of all national, in interface with the transnationality in view of it’s frontier characteristics that demarcate specifications in the formation of the of the working class. We start from a debate about the notions – not always explicit and not always publicly admitted – of downtown and periphery in the national historiographies that contaminate, also, the social historiography of work. Therefore, initialy it is made brief incursion on the sources and historiography of the labor movement in countries of the Platinum Basin (Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay), with focus on the comprehension of synthethizing dichotomies of inland regions, partly present in the labor movement and in the historiography of these countries, such as: west/east, civilization/barbarismo, downtown/periphery, coastline/hinterland.