Elements of classical economic thinking and geoeconomy in the migratory processes of Brazil

Abstract

The article aims to recover the theoretical elements of the economic formation of Brazil in order to contextualize the immigration processes. In order to do so, we sought the theoretical and bibliographical contributions in the classic literature of Brazilian economic history, as well as the approach of contemporary authors on the role of migrations in the Brazilian economic and capital and capitalism formation between the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. It was inferred that Brazilian economic history contributed significantly to the achievement of migratory flows of Europeans and Asians towards the Brazilian economic development. The contributions of the Brazilian Economic History and Geoeconomics are essential to the interpretation of migrations, their flows, repercussions and impacts on the Economy as a whole. Celso Furtado, Caio Prado Junior, Joao Manuel Cardoso de Mello and others are therefore also living and necessary for the study of economic migrations.