Public and Private Operation of Railways in Brazil
Author: Julian S. Duncan
Publisher:
Published: 1932
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780404513672
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Julian S. Duncan
Publisher:
Published: 1932
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780404513672
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Steven Topik
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2014-11-11
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1477305203
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this first overview of the Brazilian republican state based on extensive primary source material, Steven Topik demonstrates that well before the disruption of the export economy in 1929, the Brazilian state was one of the most interventionist in Latin America. This study counters the previous general belief that before 1930 Brazil was dominated by an export oligarchy comprised of European and North American capitalists and that only later did the state become prominent in the country’s economic development. Topik examines the state’s performance during the First Republic (1889–1930) in four sectors—finance, the coffee trade, railroads, and industry. By looking at the controversies in these areas, he explains how domestic interclass and international struggles shaped policy and notes the degree to which the state acted relatively independently of civil society. Topik’s primary concern is the actions of state officials and whether their decisions reflected the demands of the ruling class. He shows that conflicting interests of fractions of the ruling class and foreign investors gradually led to far greater state participation than any of the participants originally desired, and that the structure of the economy and of society—not the intentions of the actors—best explains the state’s economic presence.
Author: Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics. Library
Publisher:
Published: 1934
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stephen Haber
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Published: 2013-11-01
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0817996664
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Latin America offers a new contribution to the literature on institutions and growth through the analysis of historical cases of institutional change and economic growth in Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Author: William Arthur
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1136607714
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: William Arthur Lewis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2005-11-03
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780415381925
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Richard Graham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1968-07-02
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780521070782
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a detailed study of British influence in Brazil as a theme within the larger story of modernization. The British were involved at key points in the initial stages of modernization. Their hold upon the import-export economy tended to slow down industrialization, and there were other areas in which their presence acted as a brake upon Brazilian modernization. But the British also fostered change. British railways provided primary stimulus to the growth of coffee exports, and since the British did not monopolize coffee production, a large proportion of the profits remained in Brazilian hands for other uses. Furthermore, the burgeoning coffee economy shattered traditional economic, social and political relationships, opening up the way for other areas of growth. The British role was not confined to economic development. They also contributed to the growth of 'a modern world-view'. Spencerianism and the idea of progress, for instance, were not exotic and meaningless imports, but an integral part of the transformation Brazil was experiencing.
Author: Colin M. Lewis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-11-19
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1474241670
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lewis examines the complex combinations of British and Argentine forces involved in the rapid development of modern Argentina after its former pastoral and parochial socio-economic structure was superseded by the formation of a modern republic, which was largely financed by external sources and made it one of the most dynamic and prosperous countries of the mid and late 19th century. His work demonstrates the conflicting, often contradictory, expectations of the parties concerned, and how these divergent expectations and preconceptions were successfully harmonised and evolved.