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British enterprise in Brazil : the St. John d'el Rey Mining Company and the Morro Velho Gold Mine, 1830-1960 / Marshall C. Eakin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig), 1952-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saint John d'El Rey Mining Company--History.
- Saint John d'El Rey Mining Company.
- Gold industry--Brazil--Nova Lima--History.
- Gold industry.
- Investments, British--Brazil--Nova Lima--History.
- Investments, British.
- Corporations, British--Brazil--Nova Lima--History.
- Corporations, British.
- Nova Lima (Brazil)--History.
- Nova Lima (Brazil).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (372 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Marshall Eakin presents what may be the most detailed study ever written about the operations of a foreign business in Latin America and the first scholarly, book-length study of any foreign business enterprise in Brazil. Between 1830 and 1970 the British-owned St. John d'el Rey Mining Company, Ltd. constructed a diverse business conglomerate around Minas Gerais, South America's largest gold mine, in Nova Lima. Until the 1950s the company was the largest industrial firm and the largest taxpayer in Brazil's most populous state.Utilizing company and local archives, Eakin shows that the
- Contents:
- Introduction: Gold Mining in Minas Gerais
- The Company: The St. John d'el Rey Mining Company, Limited. The Politics of a Foreign Enterprise. Technology and Labor in the Workplace
- The Community: From Rural Village to Industrial City. From Slave Society to Working-Class Community. British Society in the Tropics
- Conclusion: British Enterprise in Brazil
- Appendixes: Original Directors, St. John d'el Rey Mining Company. Chairmen of the Board, St. John d'el Rey Mining Company, Limited, 1830-1960. Description of the Morro Velho Estate, 1834 272. Superintendents, St. John d'el Rey Mining Company, Limited, 1830- 1960. Lima Family. Ribeiro Family.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. [317]-327.
- ISBN:
- 9786613023643
- 9781283023641
- 1283023644
- 9780822382331
- 0822382334
- OCLC:
- 191222152
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