ON THE STREETS AND AT THE COUNTERS: THE DAILY LIFE OF RETAIL WORKERS IN THE POST-ABOLITION PERIOD (NAZARÉ-BA, 1890-1910)
Nazaré; Post-Abolition; Commerce; Women.
This work provides a historical, geographical, economic, and social contextualization of the city of Nazaré between the 19th and 20th centuries, in light of Bahian historiography and documentary sources produced by the municipal government. It discusses the spatial perimeter of the city's commercial center, which included the market and the river port, as the epicenter of its development and the site of the formation of the networks of sociability and conflicts that marked the worlds of work at the turn of the centuries. Furthermore, it presents the structure of the houses and commercial establishments, as well as their characters and genders, present in the city of Nazaré between 1890 and 1910, locating the women who were on the city streets, in transit or at fixed points, selling and providing services, as well as those who owned establishments in the city. It highlights the municipal instruments used to discipline and regulate the world s of work in small retail and street vendors. It presents cross-referenced data on the micro-strategies adopted by women who were on the streets and behind counters to maintain their commercial activity.