Folheando páginas, descobrindo histórias: a Revista de História e a difusão da historiografia dos Annales no Brasil (1950-1960)

Abstract

In this Dissertation we analyze the diffusion of the Annales historiography in Brazil, from the historiographical production printed during the first decade of circulation of the Revista de História, periodical from São Paulo founded, in 1950, by the historian Eurípedes Simões de Paula from University of São Paulo. To examine this matter we have established, initially, the social and institutional place of this periodical, through analysis that considered its materiality, the profile of its collaborators and the intellectual trajectory of its founder. Then, we evaluated the series of works published in that journal, with the goal of position the place that the annaliste historiography occupied in that publication. The data obtained using these examinations were fundamental to explain the reasons that justified the dissemination of the Annales historiography in the pages of Revista de História. Such information, together with the research undertook around the Annales magazines, helped us to realize that the spread of annaliste historiography did not cease to relate to a set of practices, which intended, above all, to legitimate positions in the intellectual and political fields. In this context, we have seen how the transfer of such ideas was fed, primarily, by issues which are not restricted, only, to the interest in the development of historiographical knowledge.