Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2017 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Costa, Ricardo Dalla
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| Orientador(a): |
Alfonso-Goldfarb, Ana Maria |
| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Tese
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em História da Ciência
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| Departamento: |
Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia
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| País: |
Brasil
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Palavras-chave em Inglês: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20855
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Resumo: |
This work addresses the importance of natural and economic history in its different fields, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, described through the writings of Domingos Vandelli. From the analysis of documents of the time, such as the Economic Memories of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, in addition to unreleased and unpublished manuscripts of the author, the use of goods offered by nature was verified. In general, the close relationship between Portuguese State and science was observed. Certain concepts, such as 'political economy', 'political arithmetic' and 'physiocracy', helped to explore the seventeenth century environment. Vandelli was concerned about the needs of the Kingdom and its colonies. In his studies, he highlighted the mineral coal that, in Lusitanian soil, allowed advances in the reduction of external dependence and in the supply of factories and residences. Vandelli's writings, which were important to the understanding of this source of energy, were even extended in the analysis of the use of peat or charcoal as substitutes in times of great shortage of mineral coal of that period |
