Descrição
The great sugar cane based economy in Minas Gerais started in the late XIX century. At first based upon steam mills and afterwards developing to sugar cane industry. The afterwards transformations on this pattern allowed the creation of new forms of political domination, as well as working class struggles. This situation lasted for decades not only within the Zona da Mata region but in the country as a whole.||The great sugar cane based economy in Minas Gerais started in the late XIX century. At first based upon steam mills and afterwards developing to sugar cane industry. The afterwards transformations on this pattern allowed the creation of new forms of political domination, as well as working class struggles. This situation lasted for decades not only within the Zona da Mata region but in the country as a whole.||Trata-se de um estudo sobre o complexo açucareiro na Zona da Mata mineira desde finais do século XIX, sua natureza fabril, as relações de dominação política e as lutas de trabalhadores rurais em torno dos direitos e de sua inserção na vida pública durante várias décadas, relacionando a experiência regional ao processo de modernização no país.
