Native capital : financial institutions and economic development in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1850-1920 / Anne G. Hanley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanley, Anne G., author.

Series:

Social science history.

Social Science History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital market--Brazil--São Paulo--History.

Capital market.

Financial institutions--Brazil--São Paulo--History.

Financial institutions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages).

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

This book studies the development of banks and stock and bond exchanges in São Paulo, Brazil, during an era of rapid economic diversification. It assesses the contribution of these financial institutions to that diversification, and argues that they played an important role in São Paulo's urbanization and industrialization by the start of the twentieth century. It finds that government regulatory policy was important in limiting and shaping the activities of these institutions, but that pro-development policies did not always have their intended effects. This is the first book on São Paulo's famous industrialization to identify the strong relationship between financial institutions and São Paulo's economic modernization at the turn of the century. It is unique in Brazilian economic history, but contributes to a body of literature on financial systems and economic change in other parts of the world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and figures

Notes on conventions

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Capital Markets and Economic Development

Chapter 2. Native Capital under the Empire

Chapter 3. Brokers and Business Finance under the Empire

Chapter 4. The Republican Revolution and the Rise of the Bolsa

Chapter 5. The Republican Revolution and the Failure of Universal Banking

Chapter 6. Commercial Banking and the Business of Development

Chapter 7. Conclusions

Appendix. Profits

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804788199

0804788197

OCLC:

1198931683