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

ISBN-13: 9781349622702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 269 str.

Marshall C. Eakin; M. Eakin

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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