The Political Economy of the Brazilian State, 1889-1930

by Steven C. Topik

In this first overview of the Brazilian republican state based on extensive primary source material, Steven Topik demonstrates that well before the disruption of the export economy in 1929, the Brazilian state was one of the most interventionist in Latin America. This study counters the previous general belief that before 1930 Brazil was dominated by an export oligarchy comprised of European and North American capitalists and that only later did...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292765118
• ISBN13: 9780292765115
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"