title: Brazilian historiography and the environment: contributions by Sérgio Buarque de Holanda and the contemporary environmental history debate.
abstract: Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, Brazilian historigraphical debate was profoundly marked by Sérgio Buarque de Holanda. The problems of national identity, the occupation of the land, the social organization of Brazil and its civilizatory roots, the cultural exchanges and boundaries in inland parts, the perceptions and forms of appropriation of nature, and other topics covered by the author still echo in contemporary historical research. This article discusses how his main works contribute to environmental history, especially his interpretations of how human societies and the natural environment have affected one another. The role of nature, its metaphors, ideas, or images are the evidence of a history of Brazilian historiography.
authors.affiliation: Professora, Instituto de Humanidades, Artes e Ciências Jorge Amado/Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia;|pesquisadora colaboradora, Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável/Universidade de Brasília. Rodovia Ilhéus-Vitória da Conquista, km 39. 45613-204 - Itabuna - BA - Brasil. jjlosada@uol.com.br.
authors.forename: Janaina Zito
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Losada
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004777:Environment; D006663:Historiography; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history