Dr. Gail Triner is Professor of History at Rutgers University, with research interests in economic history, political economy, natural resources and Brazil. Dr. Triner’s previous large scholarly projects, Mining and the State (2011), Banking and Economic Development: Brazil, 1889-1930 (Palgrave 2001) and “International Capital and the Brazilian Encilhamento, 1889-1892: An Ear...