Recoinage of the imperial currency: the reforms of the viscount of Rio Branco (1871-1875)

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Autor(a) principal: Goyena Soares, Rodrigo
Data de Publicação: 2024
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
eng
Título da fonte: Revista de História (São Paulo)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/214314
Resumo: Along with the Brazilian Law of Free Birth (1871), extensively discussed in historiographical literature, other reforms undertaken by the Viscount of Rio Branco, when head of the Council of Ministers (1871-1875), tended to be analyzed separately and thematically, and thus without rendering a clear meaning to his cabinet´s work. Through budgetary and banking-related primary sources, this article proposes that Rio Branco remedied the emancipation measure with financial, productive, and tax reforms in order to appease farmers in dire straits due to the wave of abolitionism. Despite the wide range of projects, also examined here, the capital mobilized by Rio Branco was specifically earmarked for coffee farmers of the Paraíba Valley. The Bank of Brazil, to which the greatest fraction of the Rio de Janeiro coffee capital was migrating, played a major role in the process. Thus, a type of uneven reformism, already glimpsed in the 1850s, was carried out by Rio Branco through a greatly increased public debt: on the whole, it focused on a recoinage of the imperial currency.
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spelling Recoinage of the imperial currency: the reforms of the viscount of Rio Branco (1871-1875)A recunhagem da moeda imperial: as reformas do visconde do Rio Branco (1871-1875)Viscount of Rio BrancoEconomic ReformsCoffee farming in Rio de JaneiroParaíba Valley Bank of BrazilVisconde do Rio BrancoReformas econômicasCafeicultura fluminenseVale do ParaíbaBanco do BrasilAlong with the Brazilian Law of Free Birth (1871), extensively discussed in historiographical literature, other reforms undertaken by the Viscount of Rio Branco, when head of the Council of Ministers (1871-1875), tended to be analyzed separately and thematically, and thus without rendering a clear meaning to his cabinet´s work. Through budgetary and banking-related primary sources, this article proposes that Rio Branco remedied the emancipation measure with financial, productive, and tax reforms in order to appease farmers in dire straits due to the wave of abolitionism. Despite the wide range of projects, also examined here, the capital mobilized by Rio Branco was specifically earmarked for coffee farmers of the Paraíba Valley. The Bank of Brazil, to which the greatest fraction of the Rio de Janeiro coffee capital was migrating, played a major role in the process. Thus, a type of uneven reformism, already glimpsed in the 1850s, was carried out by Rio Branco through a greatly increased public debt: on the whole, it focused on a recoinage of the imperial currency.Incluída a Lei do Ventre Livre (1871), fartamente tratada na literatura historiográfica, as demais reformas empreendidas pelo visconde do Rio Branco quando à frente da presidência do Conselho de Ministros (1871-1875) tenderam a ser analisadas separada e tematicamente, sem produzir, portanto, um sentido para o conjunto da obra. Buscando suprir a lacuna mediante fontes primárias sobretudo orçamentárias e bancárias, propõe-se no artigo que o governo de Rio Branco remediou a medida emancipacionista com reformas financeiras, produtivas e tributárias, com vistas a serenar uma lavoura irrequieta com a eventual abolição. Em que pese a ampla paleta de reformas, também aqui examinada, o capital mobilizado por Rio Branco foi especialmente destinado aos cafeicultores do Vale do Paraíba. O processo contou com larga participação do Banco do Brasil, para onde se deslocava o grande capital cafeeiro fluminense. Assim, argumenta-se que o gabinete de Rio Branco reconduziu pela via da dívida pública, agora muito ampliada, um tipo de reformismo desigual já vislumbrado na década de 1850: operou-se, ao todo, uma recunhagem da moeda imperial.Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas2024-02-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdftext/xmlhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/21431410.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2024.214314Revista de História; n. 183 (2024); 1-30Revista de História; No. 183 (2024); 1-30Revista de História; Núm. 183 (2024); 1-302316-91410034-8309reponame:Revista de História (São Paulo)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:UNESPporenghttps://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/214314/202713https://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/214314/202712https://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/214314/204784Copyright (c) 2024 Rodrigo Goyena Soareshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGoyena Soares, Rodrigo2024-05-20T20:58:51Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/214314Revistahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoriaPUBhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/oairevistahistoria@usp.br||revistahistoria@assis.unesp.br2316-91410034-8309opendoar:2024-05-20T20:58:51Revista de História (São Paulo) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Recoinage of the imperial currency: the reforms of the viscount of Rio Branco (1871-1875)
A recunhagem da moeda imperial: as reformas do visconde do Rio Branco (1871-1875)
title Recoinage of the imperial currency: the reforms of the viscount of Rio Branco (1871-1875)
spellingShingle Recoinage of the imperial currency: the reforms of the viscount of Rio Branco (1871-1875)
Goyena Soares, Rodrigo
Viscount of Rio Branco
Economic Reforms
Coffee farming in Rio de Janeiro
Paraíba Valley
Bank of Brazil
Visconde do Rio Branco
Reformas econômicas
Cafeicultura fluminense
Vale do Paraíba
Banco do Brasil
title_short Recoinage of the imperial currency: the reforms of the viscount of Rio Branco (1871-1875)
title_full Recoinage of the imperial currency: the reforms of the viscount of Rio Branco (1871-1875)
title_fullStr Recoinage of the imperial currency: the reforms of the viscount of Rio Branco (1871-1875)
title_full_unstemmed Recoinage of the imperial currency: the reforms of the viscount of Rio Branco (1871-1875)
title_sort Recoinage of the imperial currency: the reforms of the viscount of Rio Branco (1871-1875)
author Goyena Soares, Rodrigo
author_facet Goyena Soares, Rodrigo
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Goyena Soares, Rodrigo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Viscount of Rio Branco
Economic Reforms
Coffee farming in Rio de Janeiro
Paraíba Valley
Bank of Brazil
Visconde do Rio Branco
Reformas econômicas
Cafeicultura fluminense
Vale do Paraíba
Banco do Brasil
topic Viscount of Rio Branco
Economic Reforms
Coffee farming in Rio de Janeiro
Paraíba Valley
Bank of Brazil
Visconde do Rio Branco
Reformas econômicas
Cafeicultura fluminense
Vale do Paraíba
Banco do Brasil
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