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The History of Brazilian Pulp and Paper: A Contextual Approach Looking to the Future Stephen Scheibe

Brazilian Pulp and Paper: A Contextual Approach-Scheibe

• Table 1 • Milestones Reflecting Change as Related to the Paper and Pulp Industry 1800-1930 • 19th Century Portuguese Empire forced to Brazil; Slavery (ends 1888), rural extractive, unequal and uneven development. Empire opens need for paper for administration, record keeping, press and books.

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Brazilian Pulp and Paper: A Contextual Approach-Scheibe

• cerca 1830 Eucalyptus introduced in Brazil • 1889 End of Empire, First Republic Order and Progress, Republican nationalism supersedes cosmopolitan aristocracy. “Favors” industry. • 1901 Founding of Escola Agricola Luis de Queiroz in Piracicaba

Brazilian Pulp and Paper: A Contextual Approach-Scheibe

• late 19th and early 20th century Large flows of immigrants from Europe (Italy, Germany), Middle East (Former Ottoman Empire) and Asia (Japan). The emergence of powerful immigrant families, i.e. Matarazzo, Klabin, Lafer, Simonsen, Feffer • 1890 Less than 70000 people in the city of Sao Paulo

Brazilian Pulp and Paper: A Contextual Approach-Scheibe

• 20th Century, First half Rapid urbanization due to both push factors (end of slavery) and pull factors, mercantile and financial capital supporting industry • 1914-1918 World War I and Import Substitution (Opportunity for locally produced industrial goods) • 1922 Modern Art Week, Tenente Movement and idea of contemporary Brazil

Brazilian Pulp and Paper: A Contextual Approach-Scheibe

• cerca 1925 Eucalyptus used for railroad ties, posts, and fuel • 1927 Gordinho Braune pioneers eucalyptus pulp production • 1929-1930 The Crash and The Revolution of 1930 - Getulio Vargas and room for new elites and nationalist ideology.

Brazilian Pulp and Paper: A Contextual Approach-Scheibe

• 1929-1930 The Crash and The Revolution of 1930 - Getulio Vargas and room for new