ABSTRACT
This article presents a social panorama of the men, women, and children who occupied the Purus and Acre River valleys at the beginning of the twentieth century, addressing issues related to age, race, and means of resistance. The documentary base comes from files about these workers in the Historical and Geographical Institute of Acre and now in the possession of the Federal University of Acre. The methodology involves the presentation of serial data with case narratives, combining a micro-historical perspective to discuss the investigated themes. Thus, as a backdrop, we hope to confront some silences in Amazonian historiography regarding the expansion of rubber plantations in this part of Brazil, especially in relation to the insufficient use of primary sources to address this issue.
Keywords:
Rubber tappers; Rubber plantations; Social panorama; Micro-history