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| Author(s): |
Alexandre Ricardi
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2019-11-28 |
| Examining board members: |
Gildo Magalhães dos Santos Filho;
Cristina Meneguello;
Nilda Nazaré Pereira Oliveira;
Alexandre Macchione Saes
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| Advisor: | Gildo Magalhães dos Santos Filho |
| Abstract | |
This study proposes to analyze the history of São Paulo Electric Co. and its original collection that remained relatively untouched, kept inside Itupararanga plant. This company was created by São Paulo Light and Power in Canada in 1911 to explore the generation and distribution of electricity in Sorocaba, as well as supply to São Paulo. It built and managed the Itupararanga plant in that municipality and was subordinated to the holding company Brazilian Traction, Light and Power created in 1912 to manage the companies São Paulo Light and Power and Rio de Janeiro Light and Power, as well as São Paulo Electric Co. As a subsidiary of the Canadian group, the Itupararangas capacity was instrumental in consolidating the Canadian company in Brazil as a public services monopoly holder in several cities, as well as the emergence of Brazilian Traction as a transnational holding company. Thus, the history of São Paulo Electric Co. is outlined as a foreign company operating in the Brazilian market of the first half of the 20th century, inserted in the movement of expansion of financial capitalism of the late 19th century, an object on which we inevitably also address. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/03666-5 - The Plant of "Noisy Jump": the expansion of the São Paulo Tramway, Light and Power Co. and Brazilian Traction in social and economic context of São Paulo. |
| Grantee: | Alexandre Ricardi |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |