The concept of preconditions for industrialization
Abstract
Although A. Gerschenkron some decades ago argued very convincingly that the
preconditions for a country’s industrialization are not rigid nevertheless it still makes sense
to try and identify the preconditions that should be approximately fulfilled in order that a
country may industrialize. This idea is applied to Brazil in the XIXth century.
JEL Classification: N66; O25; O14.
Keywords: Industrialization economic history of Brazil