"Who controls the past [...] controls the future: who controls the present controls the past". In the first century BCE Diodorus of Sicily described a corner of the British Isles he called Belerion and drew attention to the ingenious way the inhabitants extracted tin and the civilised manner they had acquired through trading that metal. In 2012 a tourist may stay in a bed and breakfast near Penzance or buy books from a shop named after that promontory. However, during the nineteenth century a debate amongst historians arose as to the meaning of Diodorus' Greek text, its relationship to other classical texts and the status of Cornwall in antiquity. The discussion involved at least ten treatments specifically of the topic in Cornwall alone and was incorporated into a variety of other narratives. The debate offers an unusual insight into the role of classical texts in the description and understanding of local identity. This thesis looks at passages from the classical world that have been linked to Cornwall and which often have very little academic scholarship relating to them, and examines how they have been interpreted by Cornish historians. It will show how, despite the inconclusiveness of the ancient material, a connection between Cornwall and Greek and Roman traders has been constructed by Cornish writers, and why they were interested in doing so. This thesis suggests that the political and social contexts of local historiographers has actively shaped the interpretations of the texts often assigning a meaning to classical texts that allows a narrative of independence, cultural sophistication and unbroken mining innovation to be constructed concerning Cornwall. As such this thesis will form part of a rapidly expanding inter-disciplinary interest in our understanding of responses to the Classics and to our conception of the formation of regional historical narrative.

This is a study of local black leadership in Alabama and Virginia in the 1880s. It is both an Intellectual and Social History - comparing the thinking and social setting of the local black elite in these two states using both a biographical and thematic approach. It explores how a protest tradition among local leaders remained strong in the South beyond the end of Reconstruction - a result of the relative ‘flexibility’ in southern race relations in the 1880s. Through a series of case studies, issues such as civil rights and the participation in party politics will be explored along with those of education and emigration. All of these subjects were significant to the local elite studied here; however, civil rights and education dominated discussion throughout the 1880s. Moreover, a comparative approach will provide a means of studying change and continuity in the thinking of the local black elite over the course of the 1880s; highlighting, for example, how one issue could be more prominent in one state over another, and how this might change over time. As well as exploring the local context, a comparison will also be made with the national black elite - in particular, with Frederick Douglass. How the thinking of Douglass influenced, and was influenced by, local black leaders, will form part of this study. In addition, this study will determine how representative Booker T. Washington was as a local black leader, arguing that his relationship with other southern leaders in the 1880s was much closer than has been assumed. Above all, this thesis will assess how the local black elite treaded the fine, often difficult, line between whites on the one hand, and the southern blacks they represented on the other, in the years following Reconstruction.

Submitted by Maike Costa (maiksebas@gmail.com) on 2016-04-05T11:49:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 3173484 bytes, checksum: 0c228e695de7e6a606f31da8ed213e53 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-05T11:49:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 3173484 bytes, checksum: 0c228e695de7e6a606f31da8ed213e53 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-06 / This work looks for one construction of Roger’s Neighborhood History in João Pessoa city from official and bibliography sources and memory reports of the dwellers and ex-dwellers. We used as methodology the storytelling in order to identify continuities and disruptions that the neighborhood suffered during the time. We approached in a first moment from the literature review intertwined between the local history and the micro-history, in transit with others concepts of memory, identity and citizenship, the trajectory of occupation of a central space localized in the north zone. The local that is situated the neighborhood was stage for the initial development of the city, entering in the local characteristics of Roger’s Neighborhood through testimonials, bibliographies and official documents found at the Metropolitan Curia. We proposed to reflect on bucolic view of the neighborhood due to the specific elements as the “Lixão” (garbage dump) and the penitentiary that collaborated with the negative view disseminated by the press and appropriated by the non-dwellers, individuals that do not have experience in the neighborhood. In the last chapter, we deal about the Teaching of Local History from a reflection on the space that this approach occupy nowadays. We analyzed the ongoing legislation and the reports about the Teaching of Local History from teachers of history of the three public schools of Roger’s Neighborhood. We elaborated, in the end, a source guide that brings productions about the neighborhood and the João Pessoa city in the form of consultancy material and support for teachers, students and those that want to know more about Roger’s Neiborhood. / Este trabalho visa à construção de uma História do Bairro do Roger na cidade de João Pessoa a partir de fontes oficiais, bibliográficas e relatos de memória de moradores e ex-moradores. Utilizamos, enquanto metodologia, a História Oral a fim de identificarmos continuidades e rupturas que o bairro sofreu ao longo do tempo. Abordamos num primeiro momento, a partir de uma fundamentação teórica entrelaçada entre a História Local e a Micro-História, em trânsito com outros conceitos como memória, identidade, cidadania, a trajetória de ocupação do espaço central da cidade, localizado na zona norte, local em que se situa o bairro e que foi palco para o desenvolvimento inicial da cidade. Refletiremos sobre a formação de uma visão bucólica do bairro devido aos elementos pontuais como o Lixão e o Presídio, que colaboram com a imagem negativa disseminada pela impressa e apropriada pelos não moradores, indivíduos que não estabelecem vivências no bairro. Mapeamos os lugares de memória e outros elementos que delimitam o sentimento de pertencimento e a dicotomia espacial e social existente no bairro. No último capítulo, tratamos sobre o Ensino de História Local a partir de uma reflexão sobre o espaço que esta abordagem ocupa nos dias de hoje. Analisamos a legislação vigente e os relatos sobre o Ensino de História Local dos professores de história das três escolas públicas do Bairro do Roger. Elaboramos, ao final, um guia de fontes que traz produções sobre o bairro e a cidade de João Pessoa em forma de material de consulta e apoio para professores e alunos e aqueles que desejarem conhecer mais sobre o Bairro do Roger.

This paper aims at presenting the need for local history of education with the production of a textbook on the history of Santa Maria and the region facing the fundamental series. At first it will be presented a brief history of the textbook in Brazil from the primary education institution in the first half of the nineteenth century. Next, the concept of historical consciousness for the construction of citizenship will be presented, followed by important local history of education in the construction of historical subjects. From a reflection abouf the local historiography, finally, the proposal for a material for educational use from the academic production and nonacademic on the history of Santa Maria and the region will be presented. / Esse trabalho tem por objetivo expor a importância do ensino de História local na construção de sujeitos históricos. A partir da argumentação, pretende-se apresentar como produto da discussão, um livro didático sobre a história de Santa Maria e região voltado para as séries iniciais. Em um primeiro momento será apresentada uma breve trajetória do livro didático no Brasil a partir da instituição do ensino básico na primeira metade do século XIX. A seguir, será apresentado o conceito de consciência histórica para a construção da cidadania, seguido da importância do ensino de História Local na construção dos sujeitos históricos. A partir de uma reflexão sobre a produção historiográfica local, finalmente, será apresentada a proposta de um material para uso didático a partir da produção acadêmica e não acadêmica sobre a História de Santa Maria e região.

Objetivei investigar o processo de escolarização pública na Vila de Cotia, município rural com características culturais caipiras do entorno da Capital paulista, entre 1870 e 1885. No período houve uma retração econômica, porém a oferta de cadeiras públicas foi aumentada. Utilizei-me de variadas fontes, como livros de matrícula, relatórios de inspetores e professores e de governo, legislação, dados estatísticos, periódicos, registros de batismo e casamento, mapas, fotos, crônica, poesias, peça teatral etc., que foram entrecruzadas e interpretadas a partir, sobretudo, dos conceitos de cultura caipira (CANDIDO, 2001a), lar docente (MUNHOZ; VIDAL, 2014), estratégia e tática (CERTEAU), além dos apontamentos de Thompson (1998) quanto à lei da praxis se sobrepondo à do governo. No primeiro capítulo tratei da história local enfatizando o contexto do recorte. O local tinha a economia voltada para o tropeirismo, a subsistência e o abastecimento da Capital. A população era formada sobretudo por roceiros e sitiantes e os bairros eram dispersos e com características comuns, porém com algumas particularidades. No segundo capítulo, para visualizar o processo de escolarização, apresentei mapas com a localização dos bairros de instalação das escolas, possibilitando verificar a interiorização da escolarização e os problemas devidos às dificuldades em demarcações de fronteiras com os municípios vizinhos. No terceiro capítulo dei destaque aos professores. O casal Maria Joanna do Sacramento e João José Coelho morava num lar docente, onde algumas práticas do magistério eram compartilhadas. As fontes confirmaram que os professores das cadeiras da Vila tinham a permanência estável; os professores dos bairros, contrariamente, permaneceram por pouco tempo frente às cadeiras, evidenciando o caráter restritivo da vida nos bairros rurais. Em geral, não exerceram outros cargos antes do magistério, mas depois alguns exerceram outras funções em setores públicos. Apresentei ainda as precárias condições materiais de trabalho vivenciada pelos docentes, que implicaram nos resultados da aprendizagem dos alunos. O quarto capítulo versou sobre os alunos cotianos. A falta de frequência era motivada principalmente pelo trabalho na lavoura, evidenciando a ruralidade local e o não cumprimento da lei de obrigatoriedade de ensino (1874). Todavia, os dados mostraram um aumento de 407% de alunos e que muitas meninas frequentavam escolas particulares em 1872. A análise da composição das turmas de quatro cadeiras mostrou que a média de matrícula no bairro era maior que na Vila, e que esta tinha um fluxo maior de alunos, evidenciando seu caráter dinâmico em comparação ao bairro. Muitos alunos eram eliminados por motivo de mudança (principalmente para o sítio) ou por ausentar-se por mais de três meses. Metade dos alunos estudava com outro membro da família, evidenciando que seus pais/tutores preferiam que fossem juntos às aulas. A maioria dos professores qualificava os alunos e seus pais, o que permitiu a confirmação de quatro alunos ingênuos nas turmas, dos quais dois estudavam com os filhos do senhor de sua mãe, comprovando a hipótese de que nesse contexto os senhores e escravos tinham uma relação mais próxima que em lugares mais ricos da Província e que a vida fora da escola se refletia dentro dela. / I aimed to investigate the public schooling process in the Village of Cotia, rural municipality with the caipira cultural characteristics in the Capital paulista surrondings, between 1870 and 1885. In the period was an economic retraction, but the offer of public chairs was increased. I used several sources, such as enrollment books, inspectors, teachers and government reports, legislation, statistic data, journals, baptism and matrimony registers, maps, photos, chronicles, poetry, theatrical play etc., that were interlaced and interpreted, mainly, from the concepts of caipira culture (CANDIDO, 2001a), teacher family (MUNHOZ; VIDAL, 2014), strategy and tactics (CERTEAU), besides Thompson notes (1998) about the law of praxis overlapping the government. In the first chapter I treated the local history emphasizing the delimited context. The local had the economy focused to the tropeirismo, subsistence and the Capital supply. The population was formed mainly by small farmers and ranchers and the districts were dispersed and with common characteristics, but with some particularities. In the second chapter, to visualize the schooling process, I presented maps with the localization of the school installing districts, enabling to verify the schooling internalization and the problems due the difficulties in borders demarcation with the surrounding municipalities. In the third chapter I gave prominence to the teachers. The couple Maria Joanna do Sacramento and João José Coelho lived in a teaching home, where some teaching practices were shared. The sources confirmed that the teachers of the Village chairs had stable permanence; the district teachers, in contrast, remained briefly in the chairs, evidencing the restricted nature of life in rural districts. In general, they didnt exercise other positions prior to teaching, but after some exercise other functions in public sectors. Ive presented the precarious material conditions of work lived by the teachers, which resulted in the students learning outcomes. The forth chapter expounded the cotiano students. The lack of frequency was mainly motivated by working in the fields, evidencing the local rurality and the non-compliance of the teaching obligatory law (1874). Nevertheless, the data showed an increase of 407% of students and that many girls attended private colleges in 1872. The analyses of the class composition of four chairs showed that the average of enrollments on the district was higher than the Village, and that this had a higher flow of students, evidencing its dynamic character comparing to the district. Many students were eliminated by moving reasons (mainly to small farms) or by being away for more than three months. Half of students studied with other family members, evidencing that their parents/tutors preferred that they went together to the classes. Most of teachers qualified their students and parents, allowing the confirmation of four students ingênuos in the classes, of which two studied with the children of their Lords mother, proving the hypothesis that in this context lords and slaves had a nearest relation than in richer places of the Province and that the life outside school reflected inside it.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T14:23:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Diego_Luz_Nascimento_Dissertacao.pdf: 10698948 bytes, checksum: c82c964cc63cd3a38fb62d3b91ac644d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-10 / This dissertation consists of an analytical-critical study about the construction of the historical local narrative of Guarapuava city, in Paraná State. With this purpose we took as primary sources written materials for teaching purposes and textbooks to be used in teaching the history of that city. We based our analysis on the theoretical framework of cultural history, trying to understand these materials within their contexts of production and authorship. The main focus was to observe the way the books show a model of identity of the person born in Guarapuava, serving as a space of representation of social portion in question. We also discussed issues concerning the teaching of history, observing how it was sought to legitimize a "version" on the local history from their school education. We realized that the model of identity that is presented is related to a partial view of history forged within the group which uses it to represent itself, thus establishing positions in the social structure. We further noted that this narrative presents in its construction elements that are part of the social imaginary, highlighting the figure of "heroes", politicians and pioneers, while, at the same time, establishing a place of the "other". It is possible to say that the model of identity of the guarapuavano , identified in the sources, although is placed as pattern, refers to a social group that represents themselves and maintain their social and political prestige, given that this story also serves as a means of maintaining and legitimizing the power of this group, being often used as the official history of Guarapuava / Esta dissertação consiste em um estudo de cunho analítico-crítico sobre a construção da narrativa histórica local da cidade de Guarapuava/PR. Com esse intuito tomamos como fontes principais materiais escritos com fins didáticos e paradidáticos para serem usados no ensino da história da referida cidade. Pautamos nossas análises no referencial teórico da história cultural, buscando assim compreender tais materiais dentro de seus contextos de produção e autoria. O principal foco foi perceber o modo pelo qual os livros evidenciam um modelo de identidade do guarapuavano , servindo como espaço de representação da parcela social em apreço. Discutimos ainda questões relativas ao ensino de história, observando como se buscou legitimar uma versão sobre a história local a partir de seu ensino escolar. Percebemos que o modelo de identidade que se apresenta diz respeito a uma visão parcial da história forjada dentro do próprio grupo que se utiliza dela para se representar, estabelecendo assim posicionamentos na estrutura social. Observamos ainda que tal narrativa apresenta em sua construção elementos que fazem parte do imaginário social, destacando a figura de heróis , políticos e pioneiros, ao mesmo tempo em que estabelece o lugar do outro . É possível afirmarmos que o modelo de identidade doguarapuavano identificado nas fontes, embora seja colocado como padrão, diz respeito a um grupo social que se auto-representa e mantém seu prestígio social e político, haja vista que tal narrativa serve também como meio de manutenção e legitimação do poderdeste grupo, sendo frequentemente utilizada como a história oficial de Guarapuava

M.Ed. / Present day society displays a noticeable concern with regard to public interest in history. The debate about the relevance of history is increasing. This concern is not unjustified if one closely examines the statistics of high school pupils taking history at matric level. Numerous reasons are given for the pupils' lack of interest in the subject and many academics, historians, teachers and other interest groups have come up with suggestions to counter this phenomenon regarding the lack of interest in history. The dissertation has as its aim the investigation of possible educative advantages in local history teaching and to prove how local history teaching, as an agent of broader history studies, can be used to boost and build pupil interest in history. Reference will be made to local history; what it is, how it fits into broader history and how it can be implemented at primary school level to counter some of the problems educators are experiencing regarding the lack of interest by pupils. Firstly, reference will be made to the educatiye principles underlying local history teaching and how these can be utilized by history teachers in an endeavour to enhance pupils' interest in the subject. Secondly, attention will be paid to the psychological development of pupils. One of the most important characteristics of any didactical situation is that the learning material should be designed in such a manner that it takes into account the intellectual development and abilities of pupils. This is an inherent feature of local history teaching and can be used by educators as a tool to counter the lack of interest that was refered to earlier. One of the reasons why pupils display a lack of interest in their history classes may be because of the traditional method of history teaching in which teachers tend to lapse into unilateral discussions. Local history, if taught correctly, involves active participation by pupils and it is through this active participation that pupils are exposed to the acquisition of historical skills. Pupils, through local history studies, can become critically aware, analytical, nonprejudicial and may strive to continiously seek the truth. Futhermore, the dissertation will argue that through the acquisition of such skills, pupils learn to find an objective, well-balanced and meaningful history and this in itself can lead to the cultivation and enhancement of interest in history, which is of vital importance to a subject that reflects a deteriorating interest-level. Lastly, the dissertation intends to prove that if the educative principles and cognitive values, encompassed in local history teaching are comprehensively explored at primary school level, this may help pupils acquire the necessary skills essential for futher studies in the subject and also vitally important for maintaining an interest level.

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Research shows that the pupils in school need anchoring in reality and motivation to become interested and understand history. Local history is the history about the community and makes it possible for the ordinary person to become part of historic events. The aim with this study is to clarify in which magnitude local history is taught in middle school, how and what is taught and if teaching local history contributes to the development of the pupils´ identity and knowledge. Interviews with teachers in middle school reveals that the teachers mainly teach local history by visiting different locations, for example museums. Teachers use local history when ordinary history lessons need clarification. The study contains a survey that shows that the larger part of the pupils who answered the survey knows what local history means. The pupils are also mainly interested in his or her family history compared to history in general and history about his or her hometown. / Forskning visar att eleverna i skolan behöver verklighetsförankring och motivation för att intressera sig och förstå historia. Lokalhistorien är historia om närsamhället och möjliggör för den vanliga människan att vara delaktig i det historiska skeendet. Syftet med denna studie är att förtydliga i vilken omfattning lokalhistoria undervisas på mellanstadiet, hur och vad som undervisas, samt om undervisning av lokalhistoria bidrar till elevers identitets- och kunskapsutveckling. Genom lärarintervjuer framkommer det att lärarna främst undervisar om lokalhistoria genom olika studiebesök, men också för att förtydliga undervisningen av historia. Studien innefattar en enkätundersökning med syfte att undersöka om elever som går i årskurs sex har intresse av historia och om deras reflektioner kring lokalhistoria. Enkätundersökningen visade att större delen av de elever som svarade på enkäten vet vad lokalhistoria betyder. Eleverna är också främst intresserade av sin familjs historia jämfört med historia allmänt och om sin hemstad.

Tedestam, Joel, 2021. Kommunerna och järnhästen. En studie om kommunerna i västra Smålands påverkan på nedläggningen av persontrafiken på järnvägslinjen Värnamo-Kärreberga. (The Municipalities and the Iron Horse. A study about the municipalities in western Småland and their impact on the shutdown of the passenger traffic on the railway line Värnamo-Kärreberga). C-level.    The purpose of this essay is to explore the actions taken during 1960 to 1970 by relevant municipalities in regards to the shutdown of the passenger traffic on the railway line Värnamo-Kärreberga in 1968. The study also aims to bridge the areas of municipal and railroad history using this event as a focus for both disciplines and it will hopefully provide a more nuanced picture of the event itself concerning the roles the municipal governments had during the shutdown. The study employs primarily the method of text analysis and the source material is based on city council protocols from the municipalities themselves as well as a couple private archives.    The shutdown of passenger traffic on the railway sparked different levels of reaction from the municipalities, ranging from the largely passive to the almost defiant. Tensions were high as the region were poised to lose part of a transportation system that had been operational since 1899 and had deeply impacted the region’s societal and economic development. In order to solve the problems however, the councils showed the pragmatism that was characteristic of the Swedish municipalities at the time.   Key words: Municipal history, railway history, communication history, local history.