Work unrighteous and fatigued

Abstract

This article investigates working conditions, economic conditions and remuneration of teachers teaching the primary audience of the Imperial Court during the second half of the nineteenth century. For this analysis it is important understand what conditions was exercised work in schools of the Court, considering the material problems, the conditions of the schools, the issue of wages, purchasing power and status of teachers' salaries relative to cost of living at Rio de Janeiro and the period compared with the other officials of the Imperial Court. For the salary issue is important among other factors identify the functional status of teachers, as the school location, number of students, the time of performance in teaching, I use it for sources produced by teachers, as letters, articles, below-signed and manifestos denounce problems they encountered in practice. This article works with positioning of the Imperial State on the status of teachers, through reports produced with the public administration, resorting to the laws that secure educational benefits and obligations of teachers.