O coronelismo despótico de Uberaba (MG): dos coronéis da Princesa do Sertão aos coronéis do Zebu na nova configuração hegemônica das elites uberabenses no período de 1960 a 2007

Abstract

This research has made a critical and reflective analysis of the elites role in the political, economic and social development at Uberaba (Minas Gerais), and therefore about its influence on the production and reproduction of the geographical space between 1960 and 2007. The thesis shows the configuration and reconfiguration of elites in elapsing of distinct historical periods, which we call \"despotic coronelism\". We understand the relations of production economic, political and social from a theoretical and methodological approach of Historical Geography, interpreting the elites in its diversity, an analysis of the power of these groups at different scales. The research critically examined the use of memory as an instrument of power and consequently as a disputes field about the Uberaba history. Thus, the narratives analysis was important to interpret the position of the Uberaba memoir and from these meanings understand the use of the memoir works as an instrument of power by Uberaba elites. In this process, the analysis of the press attitude (especially local newspapers) allowed a position of reinforcement for the imaginary constructed to strengthen the hegemony of Uberaba elites. The role of ABCZ in this process and the development of Livestock Science demonstrated the configuration and reconfiguration of Uberaba elites and its hegemony in the production of Uberaba geographic space.