Botucatu: modernização e infraestrutura urbana no interior paulista (1928-1934)

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The São Paulo's inland cities modernizations, among the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century, is concurrent with the large Brazilian cities renovations, as Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Santos. Since the economic and demographic growth generated by the coffee-growing culture and the raiway presence, some of São Paulo's inland cities suffered changes and renovations. Our research aims to investigate the image of the city of Botucatu between 1928 and 1934. In those years, the newspapers (Correio de Botucatu, Jornal de Notícias e Folha de Botucatu) were discussing urban improvements that were necessary to the urban modernization, such as the paving of the streets, the extension of water distribution services, the aestethics of private and public space as well as a concern with society's habits and behavior. During this period there were also reforms and extensions of the city's railway infrastructure, like the constructions of mechanical workshops, expansion of warehouses and the station's building renovation. This research aims to investigate what the Socoraba Railway and the longed urban improvements meant, from the aegis of modernization, using the Botucatu's newspapers and the railroad company's reports as source