Soybean and Polish settlers in southern Brazil: The case of Ceslau Biezanko and other characters (1930-1934)

Authors

  • Rhuan Targino Zaleski Trindade Universidade Federal do Paraná

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the case of a Polish immigrant and agronomist, Ceslau Biezanko, officially recognized as the introducer of soybean in the plateau of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, among Polish settlers in the present city of Guarani das Missões, in the early 1930s, long before the soybean boom in the region. Despite the official recognition, we intend to insert Biezanko in the context of the relationship of soybean with Polish settlers through other intellectual introducers of the plant, in the 1930s, both in the Polish community of Paraná state and in the region of the plateau of Rio Grande do Sul, where controversies involving the pioneering introduction of that legume emerged.

Keywords: soybean, Polish people, Ceslau Biezanko.

Author Biography

Rhuan Targino Zaleski Trindade, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Doutorando em História na Universidade Federal do Paraná. Tem interesse nos temas de imigração e colonização no Brasil, bem como de etnicidade, mais especificamente voltado para a imigração polonesa no século XX.

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Published

2018-04-22

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2018): May/August

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