“Para a melhor felicidade e comodidade da população”: o arrendamento dos serviços de eletricidade, telefonia e viação urbana de Belo Horizonte, 1911-1912

James William  Goodwin Junior

doi:10.34019/2594-8296.2018.v24.20888

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“For the best happiness and convenience of the population”: the lease of electricity, telephone and urban road services in Belo Horizonte, 1911-1912

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James William Goodwin Junior
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34019/2594-8296.2018.v24.20888

Published 2023-08-01 — Updated on 2023-08-01

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Keywords

Belo Horizonte,
Urban Services,
Telephone

How to Cite

Goodwin Junior, James William. 2023. “‘For the Best Happiness and Convenience of the population’: The Lease of Electricity, Telephone and Urban Road Services in Belo Horizonte, 1911-1912”. Locus: History Journal 24 (2). https://doi.org/10.34019/2594-8296.2018.v24.20888.

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Abstract

This work addresses the process of renting electricity, urban road and telephone services in Belo Horizonte, MG, in 1911-12, identifying its general lines from the reading of several publications of the period. The text explains the implications of the lease for the telephone service, advancing the ongoing research on the social use of this technological artifact in the new capital during the First Republic.