The publication in 2001 of Celso Furtado's PhD thesis, defended in 1948 at the University of Paris, and which until recently had remained inaccessible to Brazilian readers, together with the first two articles published in the journal História Econômica & História de Empresas, vol. II.2...

The origins of the Argentine crisis: a suggested interpretation ? In this paper we look for the historical genesis of the Argentine crisis. We argue that the economic liberalization model, implicit of the Convertibility Plan, has its roots in establishment of the agro-exporting economy on which,...

This paper presents a method for classifying the ancestry of Brazilian surnames based on historical sources. The information obtained forms the basis for applying fuzzy matching and machine learning classification algorithms to more than 46 million workers in five categories: Iberian, Italian,...

We study the internal slave trade characteristics in Constituição (Piracicaba) in the period 1861-1880, when the province of São Paulo was under the impact of the coffee culture expansion from the Paraíba Valley to the West. Using the registers of the transactions of slaves, we analyze some...

During 19th century and the beginning of the following century Minas Gerais was the most important sugarcane plantation area in Brazil. In the 1830's there were presumably 4.150 productive unities working with sugarcane transformation in Minas Gerais. Probably, the sum of all sugar mills in the...

The article is based on qualitative research carried out by the authors at the seven Psychosocial Care Centers for Alcohol and other Drugs (CAPS AD) in the Federal District, in order to observe the implementation of the Ministry of Health Policy for Comprehensive Care for Users of Alcohol and...