The Caixa Economica: A Social and Economic History of Popular
Banking in Rio de Janeiro, 1821-1929
A thesis presented <•by
Alison Anne Adams
to
The Department of History
In partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in the subject of
History
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
August 2005
Table of Contents
Note
vi
Acknowledgements
vii
Chapter One
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1
Chapter Two
11
Chapter Three
11
Chapter Four
122
Chapter Five
222
Chapter Six
222
Bibliography
222