CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA A HISTÓRIA DA ENGENHARIA E DA CONSTRUÇÃO EM GOIÁS.

Abstract

This paper sought to give its contribution to the history of Goiás, grounded on engineering and its buildings. With research in public collections, focused especially on official documents produced in the late eighteenth century and during the nineteenth century, aspects were raised from the engineering activity, its employees, how the performance and results were to Goiás society. In four chapters, the text presents relevant elements of the engineers participation and other professionals who took part in the engineering and their projects during this period. It was observed how Engineering has changed over time from the influence of the discourse of progress established especially after the second half of the nineteenth century.