In the shade of the rubber tree Forest: military and civilians worked the construction of the republican order on the Amazon

As primeiras três décadas republicanas não foram alvo de estudos da historiografia tradicional do Amazonas, apesar de terem sido marcadas por intensos confrontos políticos e sociais permeados pela crise da economia da borracha. Os relatos existentes veicularam a ideia de que o Estado do Amazonas era mergulhado nas águas da opulência e da passividade. Contudo, a pesquisa documental que subsidia esta tese demostrou que em Manaus a passividade inexistia; o período se caracterizou por lutas pelo poder, diversos conflitos urbanos, greves de empregados e funcionários, agitações e protestos de seringueiros e indígenas. Assim, para compreender tal complexidade, a tese analisa o processo político-social e econômico do Amazonas no período de 1910 a 1924, recorrendo a Jornais, Relatórios de secretários de Estado e de chefes de polícia, Mensagens de governadores, Relatos médicos, Documentos parlamentares, Coleção de leis do Brasil, publicações de testemunhos contemporâneos e Anais da Assembleia.The three first republican decades were not an Amazonas traditional historiography study object, in spite of having been marked by intense political and social confrontation, which were permeated by the crisis in the rubber economy. The existent reports conveyed the idea that the Amazonas state was sailing the waters of opulence and passivity. Nevertheless, the documental research which subsidizes such thesis has demonstrated that in Manaus the passivity did not exist; the term was characterized by power struggles, many urban conflicts, employers strikes, upheavals and protests made by rubber tappers and natives. Thus, in order to understand such complexity, the thesis analyzes the Amazonas economic and politico-social process in the 1910 to 1924 period, reaching for journals, reports made by State secretaries and chiefs of police, governors messages, medical reports, parliamentary documents, Brazilian Law collection, contemporary testimonies publications and Assembly Annals