Abstract

ANDRADE, Leandro B. de. Traders and Capitalists: Transformation of Commercial Practices in Brazil Imperial in Nineteen Century Mid, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais. Am. Lat. Hist. Econ [online]. 2020, vol.27, n.1, e1015.  Epub Feb 12, 2020. ISSN 2007-3496.  https://doi.org/10.18232/alhe.1015.

The study examines some of the practical elements of market transformation during the nineteenth century especially the tools of the trade of merchants, forms of investment and financial institutions. The focus is on commercial agents of Ouro Preto, capital of the province of Minas Gerais, where the possibilities of accumulation were restricted by their peripheral position in the Brazilian market. The objective is to demonstrate, however, that the urban character of trade and wealth of the region accompanied the process of modernization and institutionalization through which passed the economy and the national state. Thus, the micro analytic approach was effective in revealing when such changes occurred and how local merchants and capitalists activated them.

Keywords : commercial practices; urban trade; investments; capitalists.

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