Broom, balcony, office and street: the clerk's job as career

Authors

  • Bruno Augusto Dornelas Câmara Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1808-8139.v0i6p39-53

Keywords:

Brazilian Empire, Pernambuco, immigrants, trade, social groups, conflicts

Abstract

This article focuses on the insertion of the Portuguese clerks in the urban commerce, having as scenery the internal functioning of the retail and wholesale trade in Recife. Through the experience of these immigrants in a town where there were few jobs avallable, we can understand better the Anti-Portuguese riots that disturbed the social life and politics of the Province of Pernambuco, during the 1840s.

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Published

2007-11-01

Issue

No. 6 (2007)

Section

Articles

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