O antigo norte goiano no trajeto da BR: o papel da rodovia Belém-Brasília para o (des)envolvimento agrícola no Tocantins

Abstract

The transition from the agro-export model for urban-industrial, in 1930, during Getúlio Vargas government, the problems of regional inequalities have become important agenda for the Federal Government. There is then, beginning the process of regional integration in Brazil, with the purpose of integrating the most remote regions of the dynamic center of the country, in this case, the Southeast, more specifically, Sao Paulo. The "March to the West" campaign was the starting point for the process of internalization of the country. However, only since the 1950, during Juscelino Kubistchek government, the regions of the country can be better articulation. The transfer of the federal capital to the central highlands was key to this joint, thus connecting Brasilia to the other region, a series of roads connecting one region to another was created. In this context the Belem-Brasilia highway emerges, connecting the Para to the federal capital. The 1960 is marked by an intense process of modernization of agriculture in the country and the Midwest was enough benefit. Thus, the opening of the highway and incentives for agricultural expansion have boosted the dynamics between the states of the region, which, thereafter, began to show significant demographic and economic indices. The state of Goiás gained momentum, mainly northern Goiás, which until then was sparsely inhabited and possessed minimal socioeconomic conditions. Many municipalities were conducted as a result of the opening of the highway and agricultural expansion, and others were created or emancipated. The development of the municipalities that make up the region of northern Goiás was essential to leverage this process of self-determination, which, for centuries fought for their emancipation, which had come to happen in 1988.