1st Edition
Underdevelopment and Development in Brazil: Volume I Economic Structure and Change, 1822-1947
By Nathaniel H Leff
Copyright 2011
268 Pages
by
Routledge
268 Pages
by
Routledge
First published in 1982, this work offers an analysis Brazil’s long-term economic history and development, spanning the period from independence to post-war industrial growth. The book focuses upon the classic problem of why Brazil failed to develop economically during the nineteenth century in a manner similar to the United States and other regions of recent settlement.
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1. Introduction Part I: The Nineteenth Century 2. An Overview 3. The Pace of Income Growth 4. Slavery, European Integration and the Elastic Supply of Labour 5. International Trade 6. Inflation and the Inelastic Supply off Output 7. Economic Retardation and Development Part II: The Acceleration of Development, 1900-1947 8. Industrialization and Development, 1900-1947 9. Pre-1947 Brazil as a Dependent Economy 10. Conclusions
Biography
Nathaniel H. Leff
