Social change, industrialization, and the service economy in São Paulo, 1950-2020 / Francisco Vidal Luna and Herbert S. Klein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luna, Francisco Vidal, author.

Klein, Herbert S., author.

Series:

Social science history.

Social Science History Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industries--Brazil--São Paulo (State)--History.

Industries.

Service industries--Brazil--São Paulo (State)--History.

Service industries.

Social change--Brazil--São Paulo (State)--History.

Social change.

São Paulo (Brazil : State)--Economic conditions--20th century.

São Paulo (Brazil : State).

São Paulo (Brazil : State)--Economic conditions--21st century.

São Paulo (Brazil : State)--Social conditions--20th century.

São Paulo (Brazil : State)--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

In the 1950s–80s, Brazil built one of the most advanced industrial networks among the "developing" countries, initially concentrated in the state of São Paulo. But from the 1980s, decentralization of industry spread to other states reducing São Paulo's relative importance in the country's industrial product. This volume draws on social, economic, and demographic data to document the accelerated industrialization of the state and its subsequent shift to a service economy amidst worsening social and economic inequality. Through its cultural institutions, universities, banking, and corporate sectors, the municipality of São Paulo would become a world metropolis. At the same time, given its rapid growth from 2 million to 12 million residents in this period, São Paulo dealt with problems of distribution, housing, and governance. This significant volume elucidates these and other trends during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, and will be an invaluable reference for scholars of history, policy, and the economy in Latin America.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of contents

Tables, figures, and maps

Preface

Chapter 1 The State of São Paulo at Mid-Twentieth Century

Chapter 2 Industrial Growth in São Paulo 1950 –2020

Chapter 3 São Paulo Agriculture

Chapter 4 Growth of a Service and Trade Economy

Chapter 5 Demographic Change in São Paulo Since 1950

Chapter 6 Societal Changes: Households, Families, Women, and Work

Chapter 7 Societal Changes: Stratification, Color, and Social Mobility

Chapter 8 São Paulo, from an Industrial City to a City of Services

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503631847

1503631842

OCLC:

1328134517