Manaus, 1910
Portrait of a Boom Town
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14830300 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Bradford Burns (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1965 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 400-421 |
| Publication date | 1965-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Inter-American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-3118 • E-ISSN: 2326-4047 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/164992 |
| OpenAlex | W2782797620 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 3 |
Boom and collapse characterized the history of the Brazilian rubber industry. Its rise and fall followed a pattern well established by dyewood, sugar, gold, diamonds, tobacco, cotton, and cacao. The story of these industries points out one of the major themes in Brazilian history: the recurrence of economic cycles during which one product of the soil dominates the development of the entire country or a large part of it. This cyclical development prompted the Brazilian economist J. F. Normano to conclude: “The history of Brazilian economy is a sensational record with amazing fluctuations. It is a history of the appearance and disappearance of entire industries.” A team of American economists sent to study the economy in the late forties concurred
Art history · Boom · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Portrait · Brazilian History and Foreign Policy · Engineering · History
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1976 - 2024 (49) |
| Highly cited | No |