The electric power in Paraná state (Brazil) and the first feasibility studies energy in the Iguaçu river (1891-1913)

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  • Cezar Karpinski Universidade Federal de Integração Latino-americana - UNILA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2013v20n29p49

Abstract

In this paper we can see how the discourse around the need for "illumination" and "force" legitimized the beginning of a hydropower policy in Paraná State, Brazil. From the analysis of some officials sources of the beginning of the republican government of the Paraná State, Brazil (1904-1913), discusses the speculation around the generation and sale of electric power, mainly for capital Curitiba. At the time, emerge the first actions for implementation of hydroelectric on the Iguaçu River, inaugurating a practice that would intensify throughout the twentieth century, especially after the 1970s, with the construction of five dams along its route.

Author Biography

Cezar Karpinski, Universidade Federal de Integração Latino-americana - UNILA

Possui bacharelado em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (2002), mestrado e doutorado em História pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2007). Atualmente, é professor Adjunto I na Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana (UNILA), sediada na cidade de Foz do Iguaçu-PR. Nesta instituição, ministra disciplinas da área de História Moderna, História da América e do Brasil (Período Colonial) para os cursos de História, Relações Internacionais, Antropologia e Ciência Política e Sociologia. É Diretor da Associação Brasileira de História Oral - Regional Sul, Gestão 2013-2015. Suas pesquisas e a maior parte de sua produção acadêmica se concentram nas multiplas relações históricas com a Natureza e o Meio ambiente, discutindo, principalmente, os seguintes temas: Hidrelétricas, Memórias, Subjetividades, História Oral, Paisagens, Rios, Rio Iguaçu, Cataratas do Iguaçu e História do Paraná.

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2013-03-24

How to Cite

Karpinski, C. (2013). The electric power in Paraná state (Brazil) and the first feasibility studies energy in the Iguaçu river (1891-1913). Esboços: Histories in Global Contexts, 20(29), 49–67. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2013v20n29p49

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Vol. 20 No. 29 (2013)

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