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O Açúcar Do Nordeste Brasileiro Em Crise, 1918-45, Heitor Moura Filho
O Açúcar Do Nordeste Brasileiro Em Crise, 1918-45, Heitor Moura Filho
Heitor Moura Filho
The economic crises of 1929 represented another stage in the series of difficulties faced by sugar producers of Northeastern Brazil since the end of WWI. These regional producers suffered a long process of decline, throughout the decade from 1925 to 1935. Though the Northeastern States used an important political clout to defend their interests, the economic capacity of the State of São Paulo, as reflected in the capitals which chose to invest in sugar and in its local markets for both sugar and fuel ethanol, allowed new mills to be established and old ones to be expanded, during a period …
O Tratamento Historiográfico De Registros De Óbitos, Heitor Moura Filho
O Tratamento Historiográfico De Registros De Óbitos, Heitor Moura Filho
Heitor Moura Filho
This text discusses problems found in the analysis of death statistics, specially in the calculation of gross or specific mortality rates, based on incomplete demographic records, such as common in 19th- and early 20th-century Brazil.