Nineteenth-Century Brazilian and Mineiro Economic History

Sérgio Oliveira Birchal
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Sérgio Oliveira Birchal: UNA School of Business

Chapter 1 in Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century Brazil, 1999, pp 1-20 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract During the nineteenth century, Brazil went through a number of social and political changes which had a great impact on the economic structure of the country: it became independent from Portugal, slavery was abolished, and the Republic was proclaimed. At the same time, a new economic pole based on coffee growing emerged in the centre-south region — replacing the north-eastern sugar economy as Brazil’s main economic centre. This change had a profound impact. Meanwhile, Minas Gerais became largely an agro-pastoral economy after the gold-mining boom, which had characterized its economy for most of the eighteenth century, faded.

Keywords: Nineteenth Century; Eighteenth Century; Coffee Production; Slave Trade; Mata Zone (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-27115-3_1

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