Examining the patterns of business development in backward economies, this book demonstrates, the rate and character of business development in Brazil were to a

"This volume challenges those who see gender inequalities invariably defining and constraining the lives of women. But it also broadens the conversation about t

This book is the first to describe the role of business interest groups in the development of Brazil during the nineteenth century.

A clearly structured and well-informed synthesis of developments and events in Brazilian history from the colonial period to the present, this volume is aimed a