Abstract
This project refers to the study of the economic dynamic of the South of Minas Gerais, particularly of the city of Pouso Alegre (MG), in the transition from the 19th to the 20th century: a moment of transition towards a capitalist society and in which the country went through a process of modernization. Pouso Alegre developed as one of the main cities of the South of Minas Gerais at this …