S o Paulo is one of the few places in the underdeveloped world where an advanced industrial system has grown out of a tropical raw-material-exporting economy. By 1960 there were 830,000 industrial workers in the state, producing $3.3 billion worth of goods. It had become Latin America's largest industrial center. This is a study of the early years of manufacturing in S o Paulo: how it was influenced by the growth and decline of the coffee...
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Brazil Business Business & Investing History Industries & Professions South America