Monteiro Lobato and the oil question in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Mendonça, Marina Gusmão de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Abrão, Rafael Almeida Ferreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista História Econômica & História de Empresas (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://hehe.org.br/index.php/rabphe/article/view/778

This article aims to analyze the trajectory of the business man and famous writer Monteiro Lobato. In particular, we review his contributions to the advance of the budding oil industry in Brazil. To this end, the research methodology combined document analysis and bibliographic review, recovering his works and writings on the subject. This discussion – which involves topics such as resource nationalism and national sovereignty – contributes to the understanding of the permanent conflict between, on the one hand, the interests of foreign companies and their respective home countries, and on the other, the countries on the periphery of the capitalist system that hold oil reserves.