Coffee and transformation in São Paulo, Brazil

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Coffee and transformation in São Paulo, Brazil

Mauricio A. Font

Lexington Books, 2010

  • : cloth

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"Previously published under title: Coffee, contention, and change in the making of modern Brazil."--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Coffee and Transformation in Sao Paulo, Brazil advances a distinctive interpretation of the dynamism of the Sao Paulo region since the latter part of the nineteenth century. Large and entrepreneurial coffee landlords opened the frontier to the west of the state capital, playing a key role in making the state and Brazil the world's largest coffee producer for international markets. However, many of the immigrant settlers from Italy, Japan, Spain, and other countries emerged as major actors in the last phase of frontier expansion in western Sao Paulo. A substantial number of them found ways to become independent agriculturalists or enact new careers in commerce, industry, and services in the network of towns emerging in this region. This volume pays close attention to the political and economic implications of this region's process of segmentation and transformation, including their links to regionalism, political conflict, and the Revolution of 1930.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter 1-Introduction Part 3 Part I-Export Sector Organization, Contention, and Structural Change Chapter 4 Chapter 2-Planters and Independent Agriculture Chapter 5 Chapter 3-Elite Mobilization and Policy-Making Chapter 6 Chapter 4-Coffee and Industrialization Part 7 Part II-Politics: The Quest for Hegemony Chapter 8 Chapter 5-A Changing Polity Chapter 9 Chapter 6-From Export Sector Segmentation to Power Struggle Chapter 10 Chapter 7-Coffee and the Revolution of 1930 Chapter 11 Chapter 8-From Contention to Revolution Chapter 12 Chapter 9-Demise of an Old Regime Chapter 13 Chapter 10-Epilogue: A Great Transformation in Sao Paulo Chapter 14 Appendix A-Notes on Agrarian and Structural Change Chapter 15 Appendix B-Background Notes on Political Change Chapter 16 Bibliography and Comment

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