Tropical Capitalism - The Industrialization of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1897-1997

Tropical Capitalism traces the rise of Brazil's second largest industrial center, a planned city created in the 1890s as the capital of Minas Gerais, the nation's second most populous state. Marshall Eakin offers the industrialization of Belo Horizonte as an example of an extreme form of the pattern of Brazilian industrialization - a variation of capitalism characterized by state intervention, clientelism, family networks, and the lack of tehcnological innovation. At the core of the analysis are the webs of power formed by politicians, technocrats, and entrepreneurs who drove forward the process of industrialization. The first comprehensive analysis of Belo Horizonte, this book explores industrialization in Latin America, and looks beneath the larger, national economy to dissect a city and region.

Table des matières

Varieties of Capitalism Industry, Technology, and Development Building Belo Horizonte: Politicians and Entrepreneurs, 1890s-1940s Technology and Industrialization, 1890s-1940s Technocrats and Industrialists, 1940s-1960s The 'Quadruple Alliance,' 1960s-1980s Webs of Power: A Century of Industrialization

A propos de l'auteur

MARSHALL C. EAKIN is Professor of History at Vanderbilt University.

Résumé

Marshall Eakin offers the industrialization of Belo Horizonte as an example of an extreme form of the pattern of Brazilian industrialization - a variation of capitalism characterized by state intervention, clientelism, family networks, and the lack of tehcnological innovation.

Texte suppl.

'Tropical Capitalism is an example of the quality scholarship one has come to expect of Marshall Eakin.' - Douglas Cole Libby, Enterprise & Society
'...good scholarship that addresses useful questions...' - EH.Net

Commentaire

'Tropical Capitalism is an example of the quality scholarship one has come to expect of Marshall Eakin.' - Douglas Cole Libby, Enterprise & Society
'...good scholarship that addresses useful questions...' - EH.Net

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: M Eakin, M. Eakin, Marshall C. Eakin
• Edition: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9780312223069
• ISBN: 978-0-312-22306-9
• Pages: 269
• Poids: 413 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 269 p.
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Economie publique; B, History, Cultural Studies, Historiography, Industries, History of the Americas, Management science, History, Modern, Modern History, America—History, Industry & industrial studies, History, general, Development Economics, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Industry and industrial studies