ABSTRACT
The representations found in textbooks are one of the elements that report the historical awareness produced in a modern society. The objective of this study is to understand the representations of industrialization and how they are associated with the idea of progress in Brazilian history textbooks for high school, published between 1972 and 2012. Through the analysis of 88 books, it was clear, initially, that the history of the representation of progress can be presented as a “national redemption”. Subsequently, the discourse of progress is shifted to social inequality and, only in the twenty-first century, did environmental inequality begin to be discussed. However, the persistence of a representation of industrialization as progress continues to be part of the academic narrative of the history of Brazil.
Keywords:
Textbooks; Teaching history; Progress; Industrialization; Environment