Mercado financeiro e crédito público: acumulação endógena e financiamento da infraestrutura urbana de Juiz de Fora (1870-1900)

Abstract

This dissertation stands as a further contribution to the understanding of the history of Juiz de Fora, especially on the financial aspects that touch the local public administration. The time frame chosen arbitrarily between the years 1850-1930 understand a period of significant changes in social structures, economic, political and cultural. The effervescence of various economic phenomena locally motivated our interest in this moment of history that unfolds consolidation of a new social structure. On the first point we try to systematize the existing historiographical production about the city of Juiz de Fora. For this, we analyzed various texts, articles, dissertations, theses, books, and other fragments of local history produced by numerous people and institutions. Subsequently, we conduct our discussions to the perception of the region as an analytical element from its own Economic History, where it was measured the importance of participation in the Zona da Mata in world trade from coffee production, this activity agroexport gave a new dynamically to regional economy. Finally, and not even important discourse about the concentration of agrarian capital in the inner city of regional reference (Juiz de Fora) where we analyzed the emissions of Debt Securities city on two aspects: the first as a way to diversify investments and individuals as other financial mechanism used by local authorities to raise extra resources.