Britain and the onset of modernization in Brazil 1850-1914
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Britain and the onset of modernization in Brazil 1850-1914
(Cambridge Latin American studies, 4)
Cambridge University Press, 1968
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Britain and modernization in Brazil 1850-1914
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Bibliography: p. 333-366
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Contrasting Societies: Britain and Brazil
- 1. The Onset of Modernization in Brazil
- 2. Coffee and Rails
- 3. The Export-Import Complex
- 4. The Urban Style
- 5. Britain and the Industrialization of Brazil
- 6. Changing Patterns of Labor: Slave Trade and Slavery
- 7. Britain and the Entrepreneurs
- 8. Freedom and Association
- 9. Progress and Spencer
- 10. Middle-Class Britain and the Brazilian Liberals
- 11. Individual Salvation
- 12. Declining Influence
- Conclusion.
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