“Ordenai, então, e sereis obedecido – do companheiro grato e soldado”: a política na fronteira Sul e os coronéis correspondentes de Borges de Medeiros (Jaguarão, 1898-1928)

Abstract

This dissertation is dedicated to the study of politics in the border city of Jaguarão, during the period known as borgismo, between 1898 and 1928. Fitting in a perspective of the study of social history of politics, our main objective is to understand the role of colonels and the frontier in municipal politics and how these aspects were related to state power. For this, we used the set of personal correspondence by Borges de Medeiros located at the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul, as a way of accessing glimpses of the personal relationships between senders and recipients and how these affected political practice. Through the quantitative and qualitative analysis of this set of documents, several observations could be made and contrasted with the historiography. Thus, this research addressed in different aspects the constitution of the municipality of Jaguarão (RS) and its political elite, the role of the border, intra-party disputes and dissidences, personal relationships and the relationship established between the spheres of government in the early years of the Republic.