Article ID: CBB001320954

Modernizing Electric Utilities in Brazil: National vs. Foreign Capital, 1889--1930 (2013)

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Signs of improvement in the early twentieth-century Brazilian economy enabled a process of urban renewal. One of the most visible features of Brazilian urban modernization was street and house lighting, as well as electricity for tramways and industry. Conflicts between the Canadian company Light and the Brazilian firm CBEE over the supply of urban electricity to Brazil's main economic centers---Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Salvador---mirror the contradictions in the country's capitalist formation during the first decades of the twentieth century. From an emerging market view, and through political debates, this article addresses the development of electric utilities in major Brazilian cities.

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Authors & Contributors
Fredrik Meiton
Cruz, Felipe Fernandes
Cristiana Loureiro de Mendonça Couto
Gooday, Gaeme
Tarr, Joel A.
Souza, Christiane Maria Cruz de
Concepts
Electric power industry
Electricity; magnetism
Electrification
Technology and industry
Lighting, electric
Technology and politics
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Brazil
São Paulo (Brazil)
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
United States
Great Britain
Pacific Northwest (North America)
Institutions
New Deal (1933-1939)
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