Família e poder: o fenômeno campos no município de São João da Ponte-MG (1900-1970)

Abstract

This research aims to demonstrate which were the elements that the members of the genealogical Campos Family of the municipality of São João da Ponte, North of Minas Gerais, developed from the year 1900, when they arrived in the region, which allowed them to perpetuate in local political power until the year 1970. The sources used in this dissertation are documental and oral. Several types of archives and collections were consulted, such as those of the Legislative and Executive powers, of the São João Batista Parish, of the Padre Rafael and Professora Filomena Fialho schools, of the Real Estate Registry Office and private collections such as photographs, newspaper clippings, memorialist work by Anízio Teixeira de Queiroz and others. The interviews were conducted with people who lived in the historical context discussed in this research or lived with people who worked in this context. The methodology consisted of a qualitative analysis of the documentation and use of the Thematic Oral History. The results allow us to conclude that the genealogical Campos Family developed 14 elements that ensured the local political perpetuation, among them; the performance as a political association, the development of an extensive network of sociability and the development of a powerful economic, social and symbolic capital.