Business Interest Groups in Nineteenth-Century Brazil (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. The genesis of Brazilian business interest groups; 2. Leadership and organisation; 3. Influence, ideology, and public relations; 4. The export economy: agricultural quality, markets, and profits; 5. The export economy: banking, credit, and currency; 6. The export economy: manpower; 7. Taxation; 8. Industrialisation; 9. Communications: regionalism perpetuated; 10. Port areas and harbors: efficiency and rivalry; 11. Business interest groups and economic and urban integration; 12. Business interest groups and the Republic; 13. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography.