On the one hand, Brazil, which sought political reestablishment and formation of national identity after the formal declaration of independence in 1822; on the other, Germany, shaken by the Napoleonic wars, which, although they had come to an end, caused destruction throughout the country. It is in this context that José Bonifácio, D. Pedro I’s main advisor, puts into practice the project of bringing European immigrants to South American lands, with the help of agent Georg Anton von Schaeffer.
The details of this immigration process, which turns 200 years old in 2024, are detailed by the Gaucho historian Rodrigo Trespach in the work 1824, published by Citadel Grupo Editorial. Through documents, letters, letters and a vast bibliography, the researcher intertwines the lives of political, military and visionary leaders with those of artisans, farmers and peasants who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in search of new and better living conditions.
Divided into 22 chapters, the book is a dive into German immigration in the First Kingdom – between the period of 1822 and 1831. During nine years, more than five thousand Germans disembarked in Faxinal do Courita, a portion of land close to the Rio dos Sinos, in the surroundings of Porto Alegre. The small town installed in Rio Grande do Sul became a successful example of the imperial government’s colonization policy and, for two centuries, the Germans adapted European customs to Brazilian culture: today, the country has more than five million German descendants .
Curiosities such as the emergence of the Protestant church in the country and the existence of an Argentine plan to assassinate D. Pedro I, represented on the cover of the book, complement this reading, which is more than recommended for students, teachers and readers in search of information and knowledge about colonization. Brazilian. Rodrigo Trespach is a reference researcher in the history of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and the author of another 17 books, including À margins do Ipiranga, also published by Citadel Grupo Editorial.
Datasheet
Title: 1824
Author: Rodrigo Trespach
Publisher: Citadel Grupo Editorial
ISBN: 978-6550472665
Dimensions: 15.5 x 2 x 23 cm
Pages: 368
Price: R$ 64.90
Where to buy: Amazon
About the author
Rodrigo Trespach is a historian and writer, author of 17 books, including Great Wars, The Revolution of 1930 and On the banks of Ipiranga, this one by Citadel Grupo Editorial. Its research focuses on the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to being a member of the Historical and Geographic Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (IHGRGS), he works as a collaborator at Genera, in Brazil, and at the Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde (IGL), at the University of Mainz, in Germany.
