A Raposa e a Águia: J. J. Seabra e Rui Barbosa na Política Baiana da Primeira República. / The Fox and the Eagle: J. J. Seabra and Rui Barbosa in Politics Bahia in the First Republic.

Silvia Noronha Sarmento

A Raposa e a Águia: J. J. Seabra e Rui Barbosa na Política Baiana da Primeira República. / The Fox and the Eagle: J. J. Seabra and Rui Barbosa in Politics Bahia in the First Republic.

AUTOR(ES)

Silvia Noronha Sarmento

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

In 1912, Salvador was surprisingly attacked by the cannons kept in its own forts. This shocking event marked the rise of a new boss in Bahias political scene: the former deputy and former minister José Joaquim Seabra. Supported by the federal government, Seabra became the first politician to establish a lasting rule over Bahia, since the beginning of the republican period, destabilizing the relationship established between Rui Barbosa and previous governors. For 12 years, the Eagle of The Hague, as Rui Barbosa was known, had to confront with the sagacity of Seabra, who has proved to be clever as a fox. Despite their differences, Rui and Seabra had many features in common. Both embodied the desire to rescue the historic grandeur of Bahia and to place their homeland in the path of progress and civilization. The dissertation focuses on several aspects of the clash between Rui Barbosa and J. J. Seabra, as a key to understanding the political dynamics of Bahia in the First Republic.