CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Esta pesquisa investigou a migraÃÃo realizada por agricultores moradores de fazendas, sÃtios e povoaÃÃes situadas na regiÃo do SertÃo Norte do Estado do Cearà atà a cidade de Sobral entre as dÃcadas de 1950 e 1980, objetivando conhecer, segundo suas percepÃÃes, os motivos deste movimento e as possibilidades para a permanÃncia nesta cidade. Realizou, para isto, vinte e sete entrevistas que se diferenciaram entre si conforme a situaÃÃo exigia, e as analisou escolhendo algumas que melhor representavam as questÃes propostas. Utilizou tambÃm fontes escritas (relatÃrios governamentais, registros pessoais de uma empresa, leis, artigos de um jornal), textos literÃrios e fontes iconogrÃficas (fotografias, mapas). Concluiu que os deslocamentos e os modos como se estabeleceram em Sobral podem ser vistos como aÃÃes polÃticas de resistÃncia, na busca por alterarem suas posiÃÃes sociais e culturais ligadas à convivÃncia com a propriedade privada da terra, secas, desemprego, dissensÃes familiares e sociais. / Esta pesquisa investigou a migraÃÃo realizada por agricultores moradores de fazendas, sÃtios e povoaÃÃes situadas na regiÃo do SertÃo Norte do Estado do Cearà atà a cidade de Sobral entre as dÃcadas de 1950 e 1980, objetivando conhecer, segundo suas percepÃÃes, os motivos deste movimento e as possibilidades para a permanÃncia nesta cidade. Realizou, para isto, vinte e sete entrevistas que se diferenciaram entre si conforme a situaÃÃo exigia, e as analisou escolhendo algumas que melhor representavam as questÃes propostas. Utilizou tambÃm fontes escritas (relatÃrios governamentais, registros pessoais de uma empresa, leis, artigos de um jornal), textos literÃrios e fontes iconogrÃficas (fotografias, mapas). Concluiu que os deslocamentos e os modos como se estabeleceram em Sobral podem ser vistos como aÃÃes polÃticas de resistÃncia, na busca por alterarem suas posiÃÃes sociais e culturais ligadas à convivÃncia com a propriedade privada da terra, secas, desemprego, dissensÃes familiares e sociais. / Esta pesquisa investigou a migraÃÃo realizada por agricultores moradores de fazendas, sÃtios e povoaÃÃes situadas na regiÃo do SertÃo Norte do Estado do Cearà atà a cidade de Sobral entre as dÃcadas de 1950 e 1980, objetivando conhecer, segundo suas percepÃÃes, os motivos deste movimento e as possibilidades para a permanÃncia nesta cidade. Realizou, para isto, vinte e sete entrevistas que se diferenciaram entre si conforme a situaÃÃo exigia, e as analisou escolhendo algumas que melhor representavam as questÃes propostas. Utilizou tambÃm fontes escritas (relatÃrios governamentais, registros pessoais de uma empresa, leis, artigos de um jornal), textos literÃrios e fontes iconogrÃficas (fotografias, mapas). Concluiu que os deslocamentos e os modos como se estabeleceram em Sobral podem ser vistos como aÃÃes polÃticas de resistÃncia, na busca por alterarem suas posiÃÃes sociais e culturais ligadas à convivÃncia com a propriedade privada da terra, secas, desemprego, dissensÃes familiares e sociais. / This research investigated the migration performed by residents of farms and villages located in the region of the Interior of Cearà state, north to the city of Sobral, between the decades of 1950 and 1980, with the intent to find out their reasons, according to their own perceptions, for this move and the possibilities for staying in that city. In order to accomplish that, twenty-seven interviews were conducted, which differed among themselves as the situation demanded; afterwards, they were analyse dand some, the best that represented the issues proposed, were chosen. The research also made use of written sources (governmental reports, a company personnel records, laws, and newspaper articles), literary texts and iconographic sources (photographs, maps). The investigation concluded that the migrations and the ways in which people settled in Sobral could be seen as political acts of resistance, in the pursuit for changing their social and cultural status related to the coexistence of the private land, droughts, unemployment, social and family dissensions. Keywords: Migration. / This research investigated the migration performed by residents of farms and villages located in the region of the Interior of Cearà state, north to the city of Sobral, between the decades of 1950 and 1980, with the intent to find out their reasons, according to their own perceptions, for this move and the possibilities for staying in that city. In order to accomplish that, twenty-seven interviews were conducted, which differed among themselves as the situation demanded; afterwards, they were analyse dand some, the best that represented the issues proposed, were chosen. The research also made use of written sources (governmental reports, a company personnel records, laws, and newspaper articles), literary texts and iconographic sources (photographs, maps). The investigation concluded that the migrations and the ways in which people settled in Sobral could be seen as political acts of resistance, in the pursuit for changing their social and cultural status related to the coexistence of the private land, droughts, unemployment, social and family dissensions. Keywords: Migration. / This research investigated the migration performed by residents of farms and villages located in the region of the Interior of Cearà state, north to the city of Sobral, between the decades of 1950 and 1980, with the intent to find out their reasons, according to their own perceptions, for this move and the possibilities for staying in that city. In order to accomplish that, twenty-seven interviews were conducted, which differed among themselves as the situation demanded; afterwards, they were analyse dand some, the best that represented the issues proposed, were chosen. The research also made use of written sources (governmental reports, a company personnel records, laws, and newspaper articles), literary texts and iconographic sources (photographs, maps). The investigation concluded that the migrations and the ways in which people settled in Sobral could be seen as political acts of resistance, in the pursuit for changing their social and cultural status related to the coexistence of the private land, droughts, unemployment, social and family dissensions. Keywords: Migration.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de NÃvel Superior / Esta pesquisa investigou a migraÃÃo realizada por agricultores moradores de fazendas, sÃtios e povoaÃÃes situadas na regiÃo do SertÃo Norte do Estado do Cearà atà a cidade de Sobral entre as dÃcadas de 1950 e 1980, objetivando conhecer, segundo suas percepÃÃes, os motivos deste movimento e as possibilidades para a permanÃncia nesta cidade. Realizou, para isto, vinte e sete entrevistas que se diferenciaram entre si conforme a situaÃÃo exigia, e as analisou escolhendo algumas que melhor representavam as questÃes propostas. Utilizou tambÃm fontes escritas (relatÃrios governamentais, registros pessoais de uma empresa, leis, artigos de um jornal), textos literÃrios e fontes iconogrÃficas (fotografias, mapas). Concluiu que os deslocamentos e os modos como se estabeleceram em Sobral podem ser vistos como aÃÃes polÃticas de resistÃncia, na busca por alterarem suas posiÃÃes sociais e culturais ligadas à convivÃncia com a propriedade privada da terra, secas, desemprego, dissensÃes familiares e sociais. / Esta pesquisa investigou a migraÃÃo realizada por agricultores moradores de fazendas, sÃtios e povoaÃÃes situadas na regiÃo do SertÃo Norte do Estado do Cearà atà a cidade de Sobral entre as dÃcadas de 1950 e 1980, objetivando conhecer, segundo suas percepÃÃes, os motivos deste movimento e as possibilidades para a permanÃncia nesta cidade. Realizou, para isto, vinte e sete entrevistas que se diferenciaram entre si conforme a situaÃÃo exigia, e as analisou escolhendo algumas que melhor representavam as questÃes propostas. Utilizou tambÃm fontes escritas (relatÃrios governamentais, registros pessoais de uma empresa, leis, artigos de um jornal), textos literÃrios e fontes iconogrÃficas (fotografias, mapas). Concluiu que os deslocamentos e os modos como se estabeleceram em Sobral podem ser vistos como aÃÃes polÃticas de resistÃncia, na busca por alterarem suas posiÃÃes sociais e culturais ligadas à convivÃncia com a propriedade privada da terra, secas, desemprego, dissensÃes familiares e sociais. / This research investigated the migration performed by residents of farms and villages located in the region of the Interior of Cearà state, north to the city of Sobral, between the decades of 1950 and 1980, with the intent to find out their reasons, according to their own perceptions, for this move and the possibilities for staying in that city. In order to accomplish that, twenty-seven interviews were conducted, which differed among themselves as the situation demanded; afterwards, they were analyse dand some, the best that represented the issues proposed, were chosen. The research also made use of written sources (governmental reports, a company personnel records, laws, and newspaper articles), literary texts and iconographic sources (photographs, maps). The investigation concluded that the migrations and the ways in which people settled in Sobral could be seen as political acts of resistance, in the pursuit for changing their social and cultural status related to the coexistence of the private land, droughts, unemployment, social and family dissensions. / This research investigated the migration performed by residents of farms and villages located in the region of the Interior of Cearà state, north to the city of Sobral, between the decades of 1950 and 1980, with the intent to find out their reasons, according to their own perceptions, for this move and the possibilities for staying in that city. In order to accomplish that, twenty-seven interviews were conducted, which differed among themselves as the situation demanded; afterwards, they were analyse dand some, the best that represented the issues proposed, were chosen. The research also made use of written sources (governmental reports, a company personnel records, laws, and newspaper articles), literary texts and iconographic sources (photographs, maps). The investigation concluded that the migrations and the ways in which people settled in Sobral could be seen as political acts of resistance, in the pursuit for changing their social and cultural status related to the coexistence of the private land, droughts, unemployment, social and family dissensions.