FIRST APPROACH OF BRAZILIAN INSTITUTIONAL GEOGRAPHY WITH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE WORK OF JORGE ZARUR

Authors

  • Mônica Sampaio Machado Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
  • Marcela Bonelli Zarur Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/geouerj.2015.19676

Keywords:

Brazilian geography, Pan-Americanism, Brazilian geographers, IBGE, Jorge Zarur

Abstract

Doi: 10.12957/geouerj.2015.19676

 

This paper discusses the approach of Geography produced in the United States with geography made in Brazil in the 1940s and 1950. The geographer Jorge Zarur is brought here as an important character of this approach. An overview of Brazilian foreign policy in those decades, begins this article. Then will be presented the institutional framework of the Brazilian official geographic system and its main characters. Finally the life and work of Zarur, as well as its main partners will be explored. A summary of the author's contribution to the Brazilian Geography is exposed, highlighting the characteristics of American influence received.

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Author Biographies

Mônica Sampaio Machado, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Professora UERJ

Marcela Bonelli Zarur, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Mestranda PPGEO-UERJ,

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Published

2015-12-20

How to Cite

Machado, M. S., & Zarur, M. B. (2015). FIRST APPROACH OF BRAZILIAN INSTITUTIONAL GEOGRAPHY WITH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE WORK OF JORGE ZARUR. Geo UERJ, (27), 323–352. https://doi.org/10.12957/geouerj.2015.19676

Issue

No. 27 (2015): Jul/Dez

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