Beatriz Ribeiro Soares

O CAPITAL AGRÍCOLA E AS NOVAS ESPACIALIDADES GERADAS: Araguari/Minas Gerais

The aim of this paper is the analysis of new spatialities generated in the urban area of Araguari/MG by the insertion of agricultural capital in the city. These are understood here as the emergence of new shops and services that appear to meet the needs of the modernized country, connected to the branches of economic activities that are representative of the performance of new economic agents. They bring new practices and forms of action, and express the inclusion of Brazil in the contemporary capitalism. From this perspective, the variables selected for analysis were: stores of fertilizers, seeds, tractors, auto parts and services. The importance of the research is justiÞ ed by the fact that the research of such urban equipments turns into the understanding of the intra-urban spatial organization. This makes it possible to understand the content, function and dynamics of a given urban area. The research enabled us to verify that the process of agricultural modernization in Araguari was not restricted to the Þ eld, since printed a new organization to the city, checked by the expansion of the sets.