Wealth Holding in Southeastern Brazil, 1815–60

Frank, Zephyr

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“…En el caso de Brasil en este período, por ejemplo, se ha demostrado que la propiedad de los esclavos está mejor repartida que la tierra o la riqueza en general. VéaseFrank (2005).…”

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Una creciente desigualdad. La propiedad de la tierra en Buenos Aires entre 1839 y 1855

Gelman¹,

Santili²

2010

Investigaciones de Historia Económica

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El trabajo estudia la evolución en la distribución de la propiedad de la tierra en el sector rural de Buenos Aires entre los años centrales del gobierno de Rosas y los inicios de etapa liberal, utilizando como fuentes principales unos censos económicos realizados por motivos fiscales, así como los padrones de población. Se observa una creciente desigualdad general que se puede asociar a las limitaciones en la oferta de tierra junto a un importante incremento demográfico. Pero a la vez se encuentran divergencias regionales significativas que se busca explicar por un conjunto de motivos que van desde la orientación productiva, las condiciones iniciales desiguales de poblamiento y parcelamiento de la tierra en cada lugar, así como los procesos de urbanización, entre otros.

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“…En el caso de Brasil en este período, por ejemplo, se ha demostrado que la propiedad de los esclavos está mejor repartida que la tierra o la riqueza en general. VéaseFrank (2005).…”

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Una creciente desigualdad. La propiedad de la tierra en Buenos Aires entre 1839 y 1855

Gelman¹,

Santili²

2010

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“…Soltow (1975) established that inequality measures constructed on the basis of US census data between 1850 and 1870 were invariably lower in rural areas than in cities. Frank (2005), in contrast, showed using probate records that in one rural area of southeastern Brazil, wealth inequality was on the same level as that found in Rio de Janeiro, although this is based on only one small area. It is also the case that data from the early twentieth century show significantly lower levels of landholding inequality in…”

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Wealth Inequality and Democracy

Scheve

Stasavage

2017

Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci.

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What do we know about wealth inequality and democracy? Our review shows that the simple conjectures that democracy produces wealth equality and that wealth inequality leads to democratic failure are not supported by the evidence. Why are democracy and high levels of wealth inequality sustainable together? Three key features of democratic politics can make this outcome possible. When societies are divided along cleavages other than wealth, this can inhibit the adoption of wealth-equalizing policies. Likewise, voter preferences for the redistribution of wealth depend on the beliefs they form about the fairness of these measures, and some voters without wealth may feel that redistribution is unfair. Finally, wealth-equalizing policies may be absent if the democratic process is captured by the rich; however, the evidence explaining when, where, and why capture accounts for variation in wealth inequality is less convincing than is often claimed. This phenomenon is a useful avenue for future research.

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“…1957). With regard to the effects of the ending of the slave trade in the city of Rio de Janeiro proper, see Frank (2004) and «Wealth Holding in Southeastern Brazil, 1815-1860», HAHR (2005. For a discussion of the internal political factors in the suppression of the Atlantic slave trade, see Needell (2006).…”

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Stature in nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro: preliminary evidence from prison records

Frank

2006

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. The two anonymous readers for RHE-JILAEH also provided excellent criticism and advice. Sidney Chalhoub read multiple drafts and provided input regarding the argument of the paper. Professor Chalhoub and the Cecult team at UNICAMP, Brazil, generously provided the raw data for this study as part of an ongoing international collaborative endeavor, «Terrain of History», based at UNICAMP, Stanford, and Brown University. Michael Dinerstein provided research assistance at Stanford. Any remaining errors or infelicities are mine alone. RESUMOEsta análise sobre condições de vida no Rio de Janeiro, no século XIX, baseia-se em dados antropométricos e descritivos obtidos na documentação da Casa de Detenção. A pesquisa mostra que houve mudanças significativas nas alturas de presos ao longo do tempo e em função de sua cor e nacionalidade. Principalmente, houve um declínio na estatura de escravos, a partir dos nascidos nos anos 1830 e continuando ate os anos 1860, onde se interrompe o presente estudo. As diferenças entre escravos e homens livres por um lado, e entre brasileiros nativos no Rio de Janeiro e brasileiros nascidos fora da capital por outro lado, mostram que, além do declínio percebido na estatura dos escravos, houve também uma «penalidade urbana» na estatura, indicada pelo fato de serem os presos nascidos no Rio de Janeiro menos altos do que os outros presos ZEPHYR FRANK 466 brasileiros. Falta de alimentação, aumento no custo de vida em geral, transferência de escravos para fora da cidade depois de 1850, e epidemias urbanas eram fatores que influíam nas alturas dos presos.Palavras chave: antropometria, condições de vida, alturas presos, Brasil século XIX ABSTRACTBased on anthropometric data and descriptive information contained in the records of the Rio de Janeiro city jail (Casa de Detenção), this paper explores patterns of change in living conditions during the nineteenth century. The research shows that there were significant changes in the heights of prisoners over time and according to race and nationality. Most importantly, heights of Brazilian-born slaves declined for the cohorts born in the 1830s through the beginning of the 1860s. In addition, differences in heights for natives of the city of Rio de Janeiro and for other Brazilian prisoners provide evidence of an «urban penalty» in stature during this period. Poor nutrition, the high cost of food and shelter, the movement of some slaves out of the city and into plantation work after 1850, and urban epidemics are assessed as the factors influencing trends in prisoner heights. Throughout the analysis, height trends discovered in Rio de Janeiro are placed in international comparative perspective.

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Wealth Holding in Southeastern Brazil, 1815–60

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Una creciente desigualdad. La propiedad de la tierra en Buenos Aires entre 1839 y 1855

Una creciente desigualdad. La propiedad de la tierra en Buenos Aires entre 1839 y 1855

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Stature in nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro: preliminary evidence from prison records

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