ASPECTOS GERAIS DA FORMAÇÃO ECONÔMICA E SOCIAL DA REGIÃO OESTE CATARINENSE

Abstract

The objective this text is apresentation of the principal constitutive aspects of the economic and social formation of West catarinense after 1960. This objective consider, abeit in an incipient way, any elements are part of transition of the rural complex to industrial agri complex, as well the principal sectors responsable to consolidation of the especifics agribusiness in the region. Therefore, the West catarinense this insert in fisic geographi contex of Santa Catarina state with one plateau slightly undulating and with earth possible there aproveited parcel to agriculture, with mediun anuals temperature of about 21°C, but a eleved thermical amplitud. This naturals characteristics provid the development of naturals richs, such as wood and yerba mate, which were used as the first source of income for any inmigrants, which served as commercial use for colonization companies that divided and comercialization in form of lots the lands of the region – many of tham of international capital and others of nacional capital. But, after of chop of region in small lots, at the same time that immigrants took advantage of what was left of wood and yerba mate, start the development of grains and animals production in the smalls farm proprietys that worked in small mercantile production form. The strativism, principaly lumberman, served in first moment to accumulation that later unfold in the ampliation of productive capacity of the agribusiness segments. Moreover, the small mercantile production of region allowed the occurrence of intense commercialization process local-regional, to 1960, of your products. In this sense, to alcance the text objective, it was mainly used, two methodological proceedings: 1) bibliographic survey and some histotical-geographical data; 2) organization of the bibliography and data collected in the form ideas contained in this article.