Brasil e Peru : análise comparada das estratégias de obtenção de capital em Londres 1850-1880

Abstract

This doctoral thesis presents a comparative analysis of the Brazilian and Peruvian strategies to get access to the London financial market between 1850 and 1880. Between these three decades, Brazil and Peru were the biggest borrowers at the London financial market, concentrating almost half of the total British capital for the Latin America in the shape of public loans. Both countries developed autonomous and creative strategies to get access to considerable amount of capital in London. Hence, the analysis begins with a comparative view of the disparities between Brazil and Peru as a investment field for British investors. Right after, the analysis encompass the good results achieved by both countries in the British financial market. The last chapter contemplates the strategies created by both countries, and how they applied their political, economic and financial resources in order to get access to the loans in the biggest financial market of 19th century.