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Rubber Boom in Brazil

Rubber Boom in Brazil. Arthur, Darby, Nikki, and Trey. Profile . The rubber boom was centered in the Amazon Basin Primarily Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru. Exports. Rubber exports grew by 1000% from 1856-1896 Then quadrupled again by 1912

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Rubber Boom in Brazil

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  1. Rubber Boom in Brazil Arthur, Darby, Nikki, and Trey

  2. Profile • The rubber boom was centered in the Amazon Basin • Primarily Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru

  3. Exports • Rubber exports grew by 1000% from 1856-1896 • Then quadrupled again by 1912 • In 1910 rubber was 25% of Brazil’s export earnings

  4. Owners • In late 1800’s there were 25,000 rubber estates in the Amazon basin • They employed 150,000 people

  5. Rubber Barons • Thought they were building Paris of the Americas • As they became rich filled the streets with sidewalk cafes, parks, and beaux arts mansions • Adopted neo-classicalism (popular in Europe at the time)

  6. How/Who produced • The tappers in Brazil were refugees from NE brazil whose crops failed due to the drought • In Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, tappers were semi-sedentary indigenous people who were terrorized into unwanted wage labor

  7. Export • Primarily exported to the United States to be made into tires

  8. Peak years of production • 1870-1910 were peak years • On average 50,000 tons of rubber exported each year • At peak worth 40 million euros

  9. Change in prices • In 1910 price of rubber in NY went from $1.34 to $3.06 • From 1870 to 1910 the price of rubber in London tripled

  10. Important things • Between 1878-1896 railroads were put in that connected the ports to the interior • Built and controlled by the US and UK.

  11. Rubber Crash • By 1913 rubber from Malaysia undercut the price of Amazonian rubber • By 1920 Malaysia exported 6 times as much rubber as Brazil

  12. Vulcanization • Before 1844 rubber was practically useless because it was so soft • Vulcanization hardened the rubber making it practical to be used as tires. • It was the spark of the rubber boom.

  13. bibliography • http://eh.net/files/graphics/encyclopedia/frank.international.rubber.market.image002.gif • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Amazonriverbasin_basemap.png/220px-Amazonriverbasin_basemap.png • http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/03/0312_vale/image/brazilrubber.jpg • http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/frank.international.rubber.market • http://web.expasy.org/spotlight/images/sptlt013.jpg • http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l60lmydaJWo/TMaAYMR3IQI/AAAAAAAAHiU/gKKcgaPqgJc/s1600/7.jpg • http://static.rainforestrescue.sky.com/assets/images/2010/11/P-Rubber-tapper___jpg_660x440_crop_q85.jpg • http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/exhibits/1857/images/after/trestle.jpg • http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44214000/jpg/_44214067_afp416sepangrubber.jpg • http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/tires-and-wheels-1.jpg

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