SÉRGIO DE OLIVEIRA BIRCHAL is Lecturer in Economics and Business at the Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is Internal Consultant of Corporate Development at Telemig (The Telecommunications Company of Minas Gerais).

"Birchal presents an interesting account of the incipient phase of industrialization of Minas Gerais, today indubitably the second most important state of Brazil." - Choice "This case study... makes an important contribution to the literature on the development of 'latecomer' economies." - EH.Net

• List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations XIXth-Century Brazilian and Mineiro Economic History The Entrepreneur The Mineiro Firm Technology Conclusion Bibliography Index

SÉRGIO DE OLIVEIRA BIRCHAL is Lecturer in Economics and Business at the Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is Internal Consultant of Corporate Development at Telemig (The Telecommunications Company of Minas Gerais).

"Birchal presents an interesting account of the incipient phase of industrialization of Minas Gerais, today indubitably the second most important state of Brazil." - Choice "This case study... makes an important contribution to the literature on the development of 'latecomer' economies." - EH.Net

• List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations XIXth-Century Brazilian and Mineiro Economic History The Entrepreneur The Mineiro Firm Technology Conclusion Bibliography Index