Social Change, Industrialization, and the Service Economy in São Paulo, 1950-2020

Francisco Vidal Luna; Herbert S. Klein

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Published/Copyright: 2022

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In the 1950s–80s, Brazil built one of the most advanced industrial networks among the "developing" countries, initially concentrated in the state of São Paulo. But from the 1980s, decentralization of industry spread to other states reducing São Paulo's relative importance in the country's industrial product. This volume draws on social, economic, and demographic data to document the accelerated industrialization of the state and its subsequent shift to a service economy amidst worsening social and economic inequality.

Through its cultural institutions, universities, banking, and corporate sectors, the municipality of São Paulo would become a world metropolis. At the same time, given its rapid growth from 2 million to 12 million residents in this period, São Paulo dealt with problems of distribution, housing, and governance. This significant volume elucidates these and other trends during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, and will be an invaluable reference for scholars of history, policy, and the economy in Latin America.

Author / Editor information

Francisco Vidal Luna is Professor of Economics at Universidade de São Paulo. Herbert S. Klein is the Gouveneur Morris Professor Emeritus at Columbia University and Research Fellow and Curator at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Their previous volumes with Stanford University Press are Slavery and the Economy of São Paolo, 1750–1850 (2003) and An Economic and Demographic History of São Paulo, 1850-1950 (2018).

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"Social Change, Industrialization, and the Service Economy in São Paulo, 1950–2020 is both encyclopedic in its findings and highly readable as a history book. Luna and Klein have done a great deal of important work in pushing forward the study of São Paulo from the late colonial era to the present. This volume is a terrific addition to the historiography."—Joel Wolfe, Hispanic American Historical Review --- "Recommended."—B. A. Lucero, CHOICE --- "In classic Luna and Klein style, this book brings their sweeping series on São Paulo into the twenty-first century. It offers a much-needed examination of how São Paulo's classic agricultural-to-industrial-success story has changed since 1950, and the effects of those changes on the economic and social development of the most vibrant economy in Latin America and the economic heart of Brazil."—Anne G. Hanley, Northern Illinois University --- "In this superb volume, Luna and Klein play to their strengths, documenting in immense factual detail the key facets of social and economic change in São Paulo from 1950 to 2020. A fundamental reference for anyone who seeks to understand the distinctiveness of São Paulo and the developing world more generally."—William Summerhill, University of California, Los Angeles

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Table of contents
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Tables, figures, and maps
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Preface
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Chapter 1 The State of São Paulo at Mid-Twentieth Century
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Chapter 2 Industrial Growth in São Paulo 1950 –2020
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Chapter 3 São Paulo Agriculture
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Chapter 4 Growth of a Service and Trade Economy
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Chapter 5 Demographic Change in São Paulo Since 1950
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Chapter 6 Societal Changes: Households, Families, Women, and Work
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Chapter 7 Societal Changes: Stratification, Color, and Social Mobility
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Chapter 8 São Paulo, from an Industrial City to a City of Services
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Conclusion
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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June 9, 2022

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432

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Keywords for this book

Brazil; São Paulo; Economic Development; Demographic Transition; Industrialization. Services; Agriculture; Political Change; Favelas; Metropolitan Regions; Race; Class; Social Mobility; Auto Industry

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Social Change, Industrialization, and the Service Economy in São Paulo, 1950-2020

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About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Table of contents

Tables, figures, and maps

Preface

Chapter 1 The State of São Paulo at Mid-Twentieth Century

Chapter 2 Industrial Growth in São Paulo 1950 –2020

Chapter 3 São Paulo Agriculture

Chapter 4 Growth of a Service and Trade Economy

Chapter 5 Demographic Change in São Paulo Since 1950

Chapter 6 Societal Changes: Households, Families, Women, and Work

Chapter 7 Societal Changes: Stratification, Color, and Social Mobility

Chapter 8 São Paulo, from an Industrial City to a City of Services

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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