“Under the light of this flag, the building of our future”: the newspaper Paládio, politics and local elites of Itacoatiara – AM (1908 – 1911)

Abstract

The context of journalism, both in the Amazon region and in the broader national scenario, at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, is one of unprecedented expansion in newspaper production, coinciding with a period of urbanization and economic growth in Brazil. The Amazon region, within this context, underwent a boom driven by rubber exploitation and population growth. This article aims to understand the activities of journalism in areas outside the Amazonian capital, Manaus, focusing on the periodicity of Paládio, a newspaper from the city of Itacoatiara. Thus, observing press activities in the interior allows for the perception of political movements and the articulations of literate groups in smaller urban spaces, which nevertheless developed their own dynamics and particular power and domination relationships.