A geografia e o projeto de Brasil: pensamento geográfico em Nelson Werneck Sodré (1939-1945)

Abstract

This research concerns the design prepared by the intellectual Brazil Nelson Werneck Sodré. It takes into account the process of territorial formation of Brazil and its central geographical analysis by the author. To date, a study that takes into account the importance of geographical science in the production werneckiana has not been built with the necessary depth. In this study we analyzed only the first phase of intellectual works of the author, ie, between the years 1930-1944. The works analyzed in this research are: Panorama do Segundo Império (1939), Oeste: ensaio sobre a grande propriedade pastoril (1941) and Formação da Sociedade Brasileira (1944). Was sought in these works the Brazil design prepared by this intellectual being supported and how analytical bias geographical science.