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In this research, we aimed to understand the value of the lands and the impact of land improvements and of coffee plantations on the prices of rural lands. \end{abstract} \keywords{economic history, coffee, land market.} \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1cm,1cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\LARGE Global Journals \LaTeX\ JournalKaleidoscope\texttrademark} \end{textblock*} \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1.4cm,1.5cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\footnotesize \\ Artificial Intelligence formulated this projection for compatibility purposes from the original article published at Global Journals. However, this technology is currently in beta. \emph{Therefore, kindly ignore odd layouts, missed formulae, text, tables, or figures.}} \end{textblock*} \let\tabcellsep& \section[{Introduction}]{Introduction}\par offee economy had fundamental importance to the Brazil's economic history during the 19th and 20th centuries. Ribeirão Preto, a city in the Northeast of São Paulo state, became one of the major producers of the precious rubiaceae at the end of the 1800s. Only a few studies approached the history of Ribeirão Preto in the last quarter of the 19 th century, especially concerning economy and the effects of coffee plantations on the real state market. This motivated the search for data about the economic history in this period.\par The objective of this work was to understand the impact of this drastic economic change (from subsistence to agro-export economy) in Brazilian lands. It can be said that this issue has not been fully explored, mainly in South America, since there are no studies that cover valorization of lands and rural negotiations over a period of time. Land valorization is expected in any rural area that undergoes drastic changes by becoming an exporter. Nevertheless, some questions have been raised: What is the magnitude of land valorization? What is the difference in the valorization of lands with and without coffee plantations? What value was aggregated to these cultivated lands? In addition to these questions, the focus is to understand the negotiation patterns of this environment subjected to profound changes.\par The novel and primary data source for this study was a total of 3.600 land registry deeds of purchase and sale collected from the 1 st Court of Records of Ribeirão Preto, among which 1.501 were selected because they were local rural real state deeds and 747 had records of the property size.\par The study begins in 1874, which is date of the first data records and also because this is the period when coffee started growing in local soils. It ends in 1899, period immediately before the onset of the problem with the super production of coffee, between 1900 and 1905. During the period covered in this study, 26 years, the local landscape changed considerably since the region economy changed from a subsistence economy focused on cattle breeding to a coffee agroexport economy integrating immigrant labor.\par Besides this introduction, this article is divided into four other sections. The following section discusses the impact of the coffee "rush" upon the rural real state market identifying the investment variation, year-to-year for example. Section 3 presents the results of valorization of cultivated and non-cultivated lands focusing on relevant issues. Section 4 presents a classification of the lands according to size or business value identifying some patterns in the local rural area. The last section presents the final considerations and summarizes the findings of the study. \section[{II.}]{II.}\par The Coffee "Rush"\par The last quarter of the 19th century was marked by rural business transactions in Ribeirão Preto. The goal of this section is to verify the changes in several local real state market indicators. The influence of coffee is evident since the acquisition of farmland for coffee cultivation increased, especially by people from other regions. Quoting Luís Pereira Barreto from Terra Roxa, "those from São Paulo state, in general, have no idea of how much their lands is been debated in other regions (...)." ; this book originated a number of articles focusing on the so called "Terra Roxa" (red land) from western São Paulo state.\par In his first study, published in the newspaper "A Província de São Paulo" in 1874, the author expressed enthusiasm for the western region of the state, and "Terra Roxa" proved highly productive.\par The mark of changes in the rural landscape of Ribeirão Preto is the first land acquisition by this very author in June 24 th , 1876. The value of the land was 30 contos de réis (Brazilian currency at that time), surpassing the biggest negotiations since 1874, i.e, the beginning of the period studied 1 . \section[{C}]{C}\par Jorge Henrique Caldeira de Oliveira ? , Iliane Jesuína da Silva ? \& Lélio Luiz De Oliveira ? Over the period studied, 1874-1876, the average value of the business transactions reached 1.6 conto de réis. The land registry deed of this transaction did not specify the size of the land (in alqueire), but the land already included the following improvements:2 twostory houses, barns, manual sugarcane mills, fences, pen (enclosure), 6 alqueires of corn, and 50 pigs 2 Among the improvements of the farm, there were pigs, 2 tile-roofed houses, a monjolo, a cultivated area, pasture, and corn plantation, i.e. typical subsistence activities and structure . This purchase reflected the enthusiasm present in his newspaper articles, in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and marked the beginning of a new era of changes in Ribeirão Preto.\par In the same year, six months later, another member of his family purchased lands in Ribeirão Preto. On December 28th, 1876, Augusto César Pereira Barreto purchased lands from Antonio Baptista dos Santos and others for 14.4 contos de réis, the biggest negotiation in the period 1874-1876. This property had 180 alqueires, and it was a simultaneous negotiation with several local sellers or real state agents. The region of Ribeirão Preto had an expressive demographic economic growth (MILLIET, 1982; PIRES, 1997). This drastic change transformed the landscape from small areas cultivated with corn, rice, subsistence deeds. Nevertheless, the first of the two negotiation period peaks was in 1885, probably due to the arrival of the railroad Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro. That year accounted for the highest number of business negotiations before the arrival of the immigrants to Brazil with 117 registry deeds. After this peak, it was only in 1890 that the number of negotiations was as high, 125 registry deeds.\par The increase of the values of negotiations in the deeds is shown in table 1 (real values). In 1874, the total value negotiated was 15.94 contos de réis. In the following year, the value doubled reaching 31.80 contos de réis. In 1885, the values summed up 400 contos, that is, 25 times more than what was reached in 1874.\par The tendency towards growth in business volume in that period was strong. Concerning real values, the highest negotiated sum occurred in 1890 totalizing 2.318 contos de réis. This increase can be seen as the proxy of the transformations that the region was undergoing. Despite the tendency of growth during the period studied, there were four boom periods in the rural real state market of Ribeirão Preto indicating a business cyclic behavior. The first boom occurred between 1878 and 1880. As of 1874, the effect of advertisement on the quality of terra roxa (red land), adequate for coffee, run through articles of Martinho Prado Júnior, Luís Pereira Barreto and others reflected clearly in the rural real state market. The values negotiated during this three-year period summed 653.14 contos de réis, which is way higher than that of the three-year period before and after, which summed 205.14 and 176.90 contos de réis, respectively.\par The second boom was a longer growth cycle period, four years, and started in 1884. In this four-year higher than that of the three-year period before and after, which summed 205.14 and 176.90 contos de réis, respectively.\par The second boom was a longer growth cycle period, four years, and started in 1884. In this four-year period there was a total value of negotiations of 1.914 contos de réis. Besides the favorable market, the arrival of the railroad in 1883 is the most probable reason to explain the new phase of business expansion (HOLLOWAY, 1984; LAGES, 1996). The arrival of the railroad Companhia Mogiana promoted a new business dynamics in Ribeirão Preto. The easy transport of coffee and people aggregated to other local advantages such as terra roxa. In 1888 the cycle was interrupted due to institutional changes such as abolition of slavery and politics (TREVISAN, 2004).\par The third period of increased business number and values occurred between 1889 and 1891 and lasted three years. During this three-year period, the total value of negotiation was 4.835 contos de réis. This cycle benefited from the arrival of immigrants to work on coffee plantations, the solution to the problem of labor, and from "favorable winds" of the economy under the effect of encilhamento (PRADO JÚNIOR, 1961 and 1976). Thus, the total values negotiated in the rural transactions were high until 1891, when it started to decrease.\par The last period of growth was from 1895 to 1897. The total deflated values for this three-year period were practically identical to the three-year period of the third boom. It is clear in table 1 that despite the four periods of quick cyclic expansion of this economic activity, whenever a cycle ended the values negotiated did not decrease to their last position, but instead lay in a higher position indicating a tendency of growth, as shown in graph 1. \section[{Volume XIV Issue}]{Volume XIV Issue} \section[{The Value of The Lands}]{The Value of The Lands}\par Not only did the value of real state transactions increase considerably, but also there was a strong land valorization. The valorization of the land alqueire highlighted the changes in the rural environment in Ribeirão Preto. As it can be seen in table 2, the average alqueire value was 31\$037 in 1874, and it increased over 100\% reaching 71\$817 six years later, in 1880. \hyperref[b3]{4} To find these values, the total sum of the deeds were calculated year by year, indicating the property size in alqueires ort hectares, and dividing these values by the sum of the values of the deeds. There were 748 land registry deeds with complete information on the area negotiated.\par Source: Primary data. Land registry deeds collected from the 1 st Court of Records of Ribeirão Preto. That was only the beginning of an impressive growth. Until the beginning of 1890, the land prices doubled every five years, and as of 1891 it increased even more. Form 1890 to 1891, the alqueire price increased from a little over 200 mil réis to 587.77 mil réis and kept increasing until it reached 2.23 contos de réis in 1896. The Brazilian encilhamento and the change to republican government allowed easier access to credit to land owners in the state of São Paulo (CASALECCHI, 1987; FAORO, 2001). From 1890 to 1891, the price per alqueire increased from 241 to 587 mil réis.\par Considering that the continuous increase of the cultivated areas that started in 1870 would result in an excessive offer and consequent decrease of coffee prices in 1894, (decrease of 1/3 of its market value between 1895 and 1902), the expressive land valorization becomes even more interesting (BACELLAR \& BRIOSCHI, 1999).\par Although the data in Table \hyperref[tab_4]{2} do not consider separately the improvements or areas already cultivated in the farmlands negotiated, it does make these data less valuable since it is still possible to verify the changes the rural region of Ribeirão Preto was undergoing at that time, probably as a consequence of the coffee plantations. The aggregate value of the farmlands risen from a little over 31 thousand réis per alqueire in 1874 to 2.23 contos per alqueire in 1896, more than 7.093,5 \% percentage increase or a 71-fold increase.\par In order to analyze the actual land price fluctuation, the farms with areas cultivated and improvements were not taken into consideration. The coffee plantations, in particular, made this analysis difficult due to the valorization of the lands that produced rubiaceae distorting the analysis towards the land price. Hence, the analysis considers the value aggregated to the land, but separately.\par Another analysis was conducted separating the rural businesses according to the characteristics registered and detailed in the registry deeds. Thus, it was possible to estimate the value of the lands in details and more accurately. The characteristics that determined disaggregation are: naked lands, improvements, and coffee plantations.\par "Naked lands" were identified as those without any kind of improvement -such as houses, monjolo, and fences -or crops, either coffee or other ones. A total of 356 registry deeds of naked lands only which contained information on the land size were found.\par "Coffee plantations" were identified in registry deeds of lands with a cultivated area with coffee plants regardless the amount cultivated. In the period between 1874 and 1899, a total of 42 deeds were found, among which only 22 contained information on the land size negotiated.\par A total of 207 registry deeds of lands with coffee plantations and other improvements were found, among which 131contained information on the size of the lands in alqueires. Graph 2 was drawn using the information collected about the area negotiated. This graph shows the average values of the naked lands, lands with coffee plantation only, lands with improvements only, and lands with both coffee plantation and improvements during the period studied.\par Only a small percentage (2.8\%) of the rural transactions involved coffee plantations only, no other improvement, and the average alqueire price, was quite lower than that of lands with coffee plantation and improvements. Besides the possibility of misreporting improvements other rather than coffee plantations in the deeds, which by the way was not a common behavior, there is also the possibility that farmlands with coffee plantation only were less valued due to the lack of infrastructure such rural worker's dwelling. Although the transactions with lands with coffee plantations only involve a considerable sum of money, most of them are worth over 20 contos de réis and include more than 10.000 coffee trees (sometimes it reaches up to 65.000). It is likely these are transitory situations or pieces of land close to areas that offer some infrastructure.\par It was necessary to analyze the price of the naked lands during the period studied since it could be noted the real valorizations of the average price of the land alqueire per se and not the valorization of the improvements aggregated to the land. Therefore, this analysis enabled to verify that the prices per alqueire in Ribeirão Preto were lower than those mentioned above. But, even though, the increases were substantial. From 1874 until the peak period indentified (1895), the real price percentage variation was 1.317,0 \%.\par During the period studied, the increase in the valorization of naked lands in Ribeirão Preto was constant, i.e., without extremes. Starting from an initial value of 14.09 thousand réis in 1874, the valorization percentage was 25 \% reaching 35.09 thousand réis.\par The data obtained show that with the arrival of the immigrants in 1886, there was a sharp increase, and, for the first time the prices reached 100 thousand causing structural changes in the economy, it will be full of politics crisis, doctrinaire opposition, and great personalities", the prices of naked lands kept a steady and expressive rhythm of rising (FRANCO, 1989).\par The political instability, uncertainties, inflation, and coffee price fall affected the land prices, which explains the dramatic variations in the last years of the decade from 1897 to 1899.\par Next, a discussion about the value of lands with improvements and lands with coffee plantations plus improvements will be presented. The lands with coffee plantation only, i.e., without any improvements, were not considered in this analysis since there were only a few data were collected form registry deeds (22) in the period studied. Table \hyperref[tab_7]{4} shows the price (per alqueire) of lands with improvements only.\par Given the increasing attractiveness of the lands in the region of Ribeirão Preto focusing on agro-export production, there was a strong valorization of lands with any kind of improvement that could facilitate the access and dwelling in the property leading to an easy start to develop economic activities related to coffee production.\par A good example of low valorization of improvements occurred in the mid 1870s, in 1874 réis per alqueire in 1887. Nevertheless, this reality changed in the 1890s and price quotes became variable, especially in the last years of the decade.\par Although the 1890s was marked by instability, as stated by Gustavo Franco who said that "besides In 1880s, the land price variations were much higher than those in the decade before. In spite of the price reduction to approximately 20 thousand réis until the mid 80s, there was a recovery from 1885 to 1886 reaching 96.80 thousand réis per land alqueire.\par specifically, with the purchase of farmlands that belonged to Maria Cândida Dias made by José Villalobos on Laureano farm at the price of 1.3 contos de réis. The property had 50 alqueires and had only one tile-roofed house with no fences and any kind of crop .\par Another example shows of high valorization of lands with improvements at the end of 1870. It is the purchase of farmlands that belonged to Eufrasina Maria da Conceição made by Eloy Franco de Moraes Octavio also on Laureano farm. The improvements were a tileroofed house (which were more valued) and a small area meant for raising cattle. Source: primary data. Deeds of purchase and sale collected from the 1 st Court of Records of Ribeirão Preto.\par This business transaction conducted in 1879, was worth proportionally for times more (in reais) than that conducted by Domingos Villa-lobos in 1874, i.e. only five years after the transaction with the 50-alqueire farm. The reason could be land valorization, location, or some other unknown factor, but it seems that the improvements were increasingly responsible for land valorization at the end of 1870s.\par The difference of valorization of lands with a few improvements over naked lands was getting bigger and bigger. In general, these improvements included the dwelling house, barn, monjolo, and fences, but rarely were they pr4esent altogether in a property. In 1880, the average price per alqueire of lands with improvements, 225 thousand réis, was 574\% higher than the average price of naked lands, around 33 thousand réis.\par The price difference of lands with improvements and naked lands lowered between 1886 and 1890, period when all naked lands seemed as attractive as lands with improvements. Such reduction, however, did not last, and in the 1890s the gap between the value of lands with improvements and that of naked lands increased. In addition, it can be said that the lands with improvements were less subject to market fluctuations than those without improvements.\par The majority of the lands with coffee plantations also had improvements, i.e. there were only a few business transactions involving lands with coffee plantations only without any other kind of improvement such as dwelling house, monjolo etc. Table \hyperref[tab_8]{5} shows that the fluctuations of lands with improvements and coffee plantations were larger, mainly in the first two decades aggregation of value as a consequence of the coffee plantations in the region of Ribeirão Preto. Although the strong valorization, naked lands could not achieve the same pattern of valorization obtained by the lands with improvements and coffee plantation.\par For example, from 1877 to 1888, the naked lands achieved 11.2\% of real valorization, that is, from 21.32 thousand réis to 23.72 thousand réis. The real valorization of lands with coffee plantation was 267.1\%, that is, from 60.08 thousand réis to 220.60 thousand réis. From 1888 to 1889, coffee promoted another rise of approximately 119.0\%\par The fluctuations in coffee prices were clear over the period studied (DELFIM NETTO, 1981). Two years after the average price of lands with improvements and coffee plantation reached almost 500 thousand réis per alqueire, the desvalorization was 88\%. These fluctuations remained for the three decades studied. It is worth highlighting the associated richness in lands with coffee plantations: from a value of 10 thousand réis for lands without coffee plantation in 1874, a 17-fold valorization was achieved at the peak (1896) of the period studied. The coffee prices crisis in 1887 interrupted this significant valorization. of the period studied, probably to the small number of observations.\par Comparing the values obtained for the naked lands and lands with coffee plantations and improvements, it can be clearly seen the considerable \section[{IV. Negotiation Patterns}]{IV. Negotiation Patterns}\par In this section, the farmlands negotiated according to size and business value are categorized focusing on the identification of the negotiation patterns. Dividing the farmlands into categories allows the identification of the most common types of business transactions. As it can be seen in graph 3, the small sized lands, up to 10 alqueires, account for 34.9\% of the transactions.\par The mid-sized farms, 10 to 50 alqueires, accounted for 44.0\% of the rural business transactions, and the big sized lands, 50 to 100 alqueires, accounted for 10.8\% of the transactions. Rural properties with over 100 alqueires accounted for 10.2\% of the business transactions.\par Source: primary data. Deeds of purchase and sale collected from the 1 st Court of Records of Ribeirão Preto. \section[{Graph 3 : Farmlands Negotiated According To Size In The Region Of Ribeirão Preto (1874-1899)}]{Graph 3 : Farmlands Negotiated According To Size In The Region Of Ribeirão Preto (1874-1899)}\par Although the number of business transactions involving small sized farms' is the highest, when the area negotiated is taken into consideration the result can be significantly different. That being so, it can be seen that although the small sized farms. Up to 10 alqueires, account for a considerable percentage in the rural business transactions in the region of Ribeirão Preto from 1874 to 1899, they are not as important anymore since altogether they account for 4.6\%of the total area. In other words, this means that even though they account for 34.9\% of the business transactions involving areas up to 10 alqueires, their participation in Frequency the total number of the areas negotiated is considered small. This pattern was not repeated in the following category, lands with 10 to 50 alqueires, considering both the frequency in the business transactions and the relative importance of the area, which was 29,25 of the total. The farmlands included in the 50 to 100-alqueire category were not as representative since in terms of business transactions and area negotiated they accounted for only 10.8 and 19.5\%, respectively.\par Table \hyperref[tab_10]{6} shows the analysis of the business transactions, area, and value to facilitate this comparison. The results found for the big sized lands (over 100 alqueires) with areas over 100 alqueires excelled. They accounted for only a small participation in the business transactions, but had a great participation in the total area negotiated almost reaching the sum of all areas negotiated in the other categories.\par Among the 99 farms in this category, the biggest was purchased in January 1885 by Mariana Constancia Junqueira de Rodrigo Pereira Barreto and consisted of a huge area of 1.479. This farm was described as croplands, fields, and cerrado, and it did not have any kind of improvement or crop. It was negotiated for a nominal value of 15 contos de réis, which can not be considered proportional to its area 5 Another analysis of concentration showed in more details rural real state inequalities found in the region of Ribeirão Preto. The concentration of size of rural properties did not indicate the best approximation of concentration of wealth since if the results of concentration of land ownership were expanded to income or wealth, there would be distortions. As discussed before, coffee plantations were an important factor for the valorization of the properties. In some cases, small sized farms, up top 10 alqueires for example, could worth much more than areas that are 100 times bigger due to the "black golden". Among several similar cases, an example was the purchase made in 1885 by Saturnino Dias Telles from Antonio de Paula Barreto at the price of 15 contos de réis. As mentioned in above in the business transaction conducted between Mariana Constancia Junqueira and Rodrigo Pereira Barreto, this farm was sold in the same year for the same book-entry value. The difference, though, lies on the coffee trees planted (not specified) and size, only 6 alqueires instead of 1.479. Hence, the area is 0.5\% smaller than that negotiated by Mariana . \hyperref[b4]{5} 1 st Court of Records of Ribeirão Preto, Book \# 18, deed \# 882.\par Constancia Junqueira due to the presence of coffee and maybe to its proximity to the city \hyperref[b5]{6} In order to analyze the concentration of rural wealth without encountering the same problem, the value of the lands, including those with coffee plantation, was used. In Graph 6, the properties studied were categorized according to the frequency of class of values, i.e. the number of negotiations in each category.The rural business transactions with real values of up to 1 conto de réis held the great majority in this period accounting for 51 of the total. From 1 to 19 contos de réis, there are 37.3\%, and the sum of these two categories reached 88.3\% of the total. Thus, for every 10 farms or small rural properties negotiated, 9 were had relatively small values, and more than 1/3 were small farms, less than 10 alqueires. . Therefore, owing big sized lands with hundreds of alqueires did not mean wealth, at that time. From these results, it cannot be said that there is an association between area and wealth with the people involved. The monetary wealth in the registry deed analyzed did not seem strictly related to landowning although it is a means to growth financially in the rural environment in the region of Ribeirão Preto through the production of coffee.\par The result obtained in the case of Abel Leite de Souza, the farmer who sold 100 hectares of land in the Sertãozinho farm to Schmidt would be quite different. Owing such a big naked land farm, did not mean monetary wealth. It is likely that Souza could not afford start producing coffee, which would certainly require a period of time without financial gains and would mean considerable expenses with labor. Landowning per se would not mean monetary wealth to him, and certainly many other small farmers were indeed wealthier than large landowners. Source : primary data. Deeds of purchase and sale collected from the 1 st Court of Recordsof Ribeirão Preto.\par Graph 4 : Frequency Of Business Transactions In The Region Of Ribeirão {\ref Preto (1874} {\ref Preto ( -1899) )} The analysis of coffee trees per strips also contributed to a better identification of the size of the farm due to its importance in the value of the properties. Among 249 farms with coffee plantation, 135 registered the number of coffee trees planted.\par Among these 135 farms (table \hyperref[tab_11]{7}), 43.7\% had up to 10 thousand coffee trees, 40.0\% had from 10 to 50 thousand coffee tress, 9.6\% had from 50 to 100 thousand coffee tress, and only 6.6\% had more than 100 thousand coffee trees. Therefore, considering the sum of two last categories, which represent the bigger farms with coffee plantation, only 16.3\% of the business transactions include information on the quantity of coffee trees in the region of Riberirão Preto between 1874 and 1899.\par On the other hand, considering the sum of the first two categories, which represent the small and midsized farms -up to 10 thousand coffee trees and from 10 to 50 thousand coffee trees -83.75 of the business transactions include information on the size of coffee trees. This means that, approximately 4/5 of all farmlands negotiated that had coffee plantations, had small (43.7\%) and mid-sized (40.0\%) plantation areas. Source : primary data. Deeds of purchase and sale collected from the 1 st Court of Records of Ribeirão Preto.\par When compared to the big sized farms negotiated (100 thousand coffee trees or more), these small and mid-sized plantations (up to 10 thousand and from 10 thousand to 50 thousand coffee tress) accounts more than the bigger farms (50 to 100 thousand coffee trees) which accounted for 23.8\% of the coffee trees planted. They also accounted for more than big producer farms (more than 100 thousand coffee trees), which accounted for only 36.9\%. The concentration in terms of number of coffee trees was smaller than that in terms of values or areas negotiated.\par The major contribution of this study was to evidence the impacts of coffee upon the expansion of coffee production at the end of the 21st century in one of the most important producer regions in the country. Moreover, there are only a few studies on the value of rural lands. The study of real estate transactions in the \section[{Frequency}]{Frequency}\par Classe of values (in contos de réis)\par region of Ribeirão Preto during the coffee rush led to important considerations about the economic changes the city undergone as a consequence of coffee V. \section[{Final Considerations}]{Final Considerations}\par plantations and their impact on the lands of that region. It can be said that the economic history of the city is divided into two parts: before and after the coffee plantations.\par The analysis of deeds of purchase and sale focusing on the land value evidenced a potential yet unexploited in studies on Brazil's economic history. It is worth mentioning that the data obtained can differ for different locations. This source had already been used in other studies, but not focusing on the serial analysis of the land market.\par The goal of understanding the impacts of coffee plantation in one of the major producer regions in the period studied and how such drastic economic change affected the land market was accomplished. The major contribution of this study was to assess effects that had not been investigated before in the scientific literature. There are no studies on this subject, so further research in different regions would allow a more comprehensive knowledge of the real magnitude of land valorization and the validation of the results obtained in the region of Ribeirão Preto. In addition, it would allow a comparison between regions. Further research can also enable the investigation of whether land valorization was stronger in Ribeirão Preto than in other coffee producer regions.\begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{3}\includegraphics[]{image-2.png} \caption{\label{fig_0}3 .}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{2}\includegraphics[]{image-3.png} \caption{\label{fig_1}Graph 2 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{1} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.3769565217391304\textwidth}P{0.039068322981366456\textwidth}P{0.08447204968944098\textwidth}P{0.0675776397515528\textwidth}P{0.059130434782608696\textwidth}P{0.039068322981366456\textwidth}P{0.10664596273291926\textwidth}P{0.07708074534161491\textwidth}} Year\tabcellsep \# of\tabcellsep Real\tabcellsep Average\tabcellsep Year\tabcellsep \# of\tabcellsep Real\tabcellsep Average\\ \tabcellsep deeds\tabcellsep value\tabcellsep value\tabcellsep \tabcellsep deeds\tabcellsep value\tabcellsep value\\ 1874\tabcellsep 16\tabcellsep 15,94\tabcellsep 0,99\tabcellsep 1887\tabcellsep 90\tabcellsep 1.011,57\tabcellsep 11,23\\ 1875\tabcellsep 29\tabcellsep 31,80\tabcellsep 1,09\tabcellsep 1888\tabcellsep 65\tabcellsep 255,20\tabcellsep 3,92\\ 1876\tabcellsep 32\tabcellsep 88,39\tabcellsep 2,76\tabcellsep 1889\tabcellsep 81\tabcellsep 1.030,67\tabcellsep 12,72\\ 1877\tabcellsep 29\tabcellsep 85,05\tabcellsep 2,93\tabcellsep 1890\tabcellsep 123\tabcellsep 2.318,66\tabcellsep 18,85\\ 1878\tabcellsep 83\tabcellsep 235,94\tabcellsep 2,84\tabcellsep 1891\tabcellsep 74\tabcellsep 1.485,69\tabcellsep 20,07\\ 1879\tabcellsep 48\tabcellsep 107,01\tabcellsep 2,22\tabcellsep 1892\tabcellsep 46\tabcellsep 381,09\tabcellsep 8,28\\ 1880\tabcellsep 49\tabcellsep 310,19\tabcellsep 6,33\tabcellsep 1893\tabcellsep 52\tabcellsep 530,96\tabcellsep 10,21\\ 1881\tabcellsep 33\tabcellsep 55,65\tabcellsep 1,68\tabcellsep 1894\tabcellsep 71\tabcellsep 371,27\tabcellsep 5,23\\ 1882\tabcellsep 28\tabcellsep 74,97\tabcellsep 2,67\tabcellsep 1895\tabcellsep 69\tabcellsep 2.075,06\tabcellsep 30,07\\ 1883\tabcellsep 28\tabcellsep 46,28\tabcellsep 1,65\tabcellsep 1896\tabcellsep 91\tabcellsep 1.466,62\tabcellsep 16,11\\ 1884\tabcellsep 55\tabcellsep 237,15\tabcellsep 4,31\tabcellsep 1897\tabcellsep 54\tabcellsep 1.082,33\tabcellsep 20,04\\ 1885\tabcellsep 117\tabcellsep 400,76\tabcellsep 3,42\tabcellsep 1898\tabcellsep 41\tabcellsep 696,98\tabcellsep 16,99\\ 1886\tabcellsep 78\tabcellsep 264,60\tabcellsep 3,39\tabcellsep 1899\tabcellsep 19\tabcellsep 176,67\tabcellsep 9,29\\ \multicolumn{8}{l}{a -the data in shown in this table and the results of this study were deflated based on the year 1874 through Catão,}\\ \multicolumn{8}{l}{L. A. V. index, A new wholesale price index for Brazil during the period 1870-1913, Revista Brasileira de Economia}\\ \multicolumn{5}{l}{(Brazilian Journal of Economy): Rio de Janeiro, Oct./Dec. 1992, p. 530.}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_2}Table 1 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.1651658767772512\textwidth}P{0.11682464454976303\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.016113744075829384\textwidth}P{0.21350710900473932\textwidth}} \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep Year 2014\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep 27\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{1,400.00}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{1,200.00}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{1,000.00}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ de réis\tabcellsep 600.00 800.00\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ contos\tabcellsep 400.00\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ \tabcellsep 200.00\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep D )\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep (\\ III.\tabcellsep 0.00\tabcellsep 1874\tabcellsep 1875\tabcellsep 1876\tabcellsep 1877\tabcellsep 1878\tabcellsep 1879\tabcellsep 1880\tabcellsep 1881\tabcellsep 1882\tabcellsep 1883\tabcellsep 1884\tabcellsep 1885\tabcellsep 1886\tabcellsep 1887\tabcellsep 1888\tabcellsep 1889\tabcellsep 1890\tabcellsep 1891\tabcellsep 1892\tabcellsep 1893\tabcellsep 1894\tabcellsep 1895\tabcellsep Global Journal of Human Social Science\end{longtable} \par {\small\itshape [Note: © 2014 Global Journals Inc. (US) -Graph 1 : Tendency Of Growth Of The Volume Of Rural Business In RibeirãoPreto (1874-1899) ]} \caption{\label{tab_3}}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{2} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.11279620853080569\textwidth}P{0.08862559241706161\textwidth}P{0.209478672985782\textwidth}P{0.11279620853080569\textwidth}P{0.09265402843601896\textwidth}P{0.23364928909952606\textwidth}} \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep 4\\ Year\tabcellsep \# of deeds\tabcellsep Real value\tabcellsep Year\tabcellsep \# of deeds\tabcellsep Real value\\ 1874\tabcellsep 5\tabcellsep 31\$300\tabcellsep 1887\tabcellsep 43\tabcellsep 197\$700\\ 1875\tabcellsep 20\tabcellsep 16\$044\tabcellsep 1888\tabcellsep 32\tabcellsep 90\$541\\ 1876\tabcellsep 20\tabcellsep 35\$810\tabcellsep 1889\tabcellsep 47\tabcellsep 183\$635\\ 1877\tabcellsep 18\tabcellsep 40\$870\tabcellsep 1890\tabcellsep 60\tabcellsep 241\$193\\ 1878\tabcellsep 37\tabcellsep 65\$553\tabcellsep 1891\tabcellsep 32\tabcellsep 587\$773\\ 1879\tabcellsep 21\tabcellsep 79\$592\tabcellsep 1892\tabcellsep 25\tabcellsep 382\$173\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_4}Table 2 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{3} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.06525076765609007\textwidth}P{0.2523029682702149\textwidth}P{0.046980552712384854\textwidth}P{0.45327533265097236\textwidth}P{0.032190378710337766\textwidth}} \tabcellsep \tabcellsep Total\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{With information}\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{about the Area negotiated}\\ \tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{\textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore }\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{\textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore \textunderscore }\\ Categories\tabcellsep Nº\tabcellsep \%\tabcellsep Nº\tabcellsep \%\\ Naked Land\tabcellsep 800\tabcellsep 53,3 \%\tabcellsep 356\tabcellsep 47,7 \%\\ Coffee Plantation\tabcellsep 42\tabcellsep 2,8 \%\tabcellsep 22\tabcellsep 2,9 \%\\ Improvements\tabcellsep 452\tabcellsep 30,1 \%\tabcellsep 238\tabcellsep 31,9 \%\\ \tabcellsep \tabcellsep Improvemens\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\ and coffee plantation\tabcellsep 207\tabcellsep 13,8 \%\tabcellsep 131\tabcellsep 17,5 \%\\ Total\tabcellsep 1.501\tabcellsep 100,00 \%\tabcellsep 747\tabcellsep 100,0 \%\end{longtable} \par {\small\itshape [Note: Source: primary data. Deeds of purchase and sale collected from the 1 st Court of Records of Ribeirão Preto.]} \caption{\label{tab_6}Table 3 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{4} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.12789351851851852\textwidth}P{0.043287037037037034\textwidth}P{0.24201388888888886\textwidth}P{0.12789351851851852\textwidth}P{0.04722222222222222\textwidth}P{0.2616898148148148\textwidth}} Number of\tabcellsep \tabcellsep Land Alqueire\tabcellsep Number of\tabcellsep \tabcellsep Land Alqueire\\ Year\tabcellsep deeds\tabcellsep with improvements\tabcellsep Year\tabcellsep deeds\tabcellsep with improvements\\ 1874\tabcellsep 3\tabcellsep 11\$205\tabcellsep 1887\tabcellsep 15\tabcellsep 202\$431\\ 1875\tabcellsep 6\tabcellsep 17\$759\tabcellsep 1888\tabcellsep 10\tabcellsep 132\$982\\ 1876\tabcellsep 8\tabcellsep 46\$486\tabcellsep 1889\tabcellsep 14\tabcellsep 114\$235\\ 1877\tabcellsep 6\tabcellsep 33\$358\tabcellsep 1890\tabcellsep 11\tabcellsep 176\$090\\ 1878\tabcellsep 11\tabcellsep 96\$898\tabcellsep 1891\tabcellsep 11\tabcellsep 487\$998\\ 1879\tabcellsep 5\tabcellsep 56\$719\tabcellsep 1892\tabcellsep 8\tabcellsep 77\$895\\ 1880\tabcellsep 7\tabcellsep 225\$129\tabcellsep 1893\tabcellsep 8\tabcellsep 309\$819\\ 1881\tabcellsep 3\tabcellsep 61\$678\tabcellsep 1894\tabcellsep 11\tabcellsep 152\$282\\ 1882\tabcellsep 7\tabcellsep 47\$974\tabcellsep 1895\tabcellsep 6\tabcellsep 196\$014\\ 1883\tabcellsep 5\tabcellsep 56\$211\tabcellsep 1896\tabcellsep 7\tabcellsep 417\$892\\ 1884\tabcellsep 17\tabcellsep 72\$431\tabcellsep 1897\tabcellsep 8\tabcellsep 341\$554\\ 1885\tabcellsep 33\tabcellsep 59\$508\tabcellsep 1898\tabcellsep 2\tabcellsep 753\$245\\ 1886\tabcellsep 14\tabcellsep 107\$296\tabcellsep 1899\tabcellsep 2\tabcellsep 102\$132\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_7}Table 4 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{5} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.127992277992278\textwidth}P{0.0443050193050193\textwidth}P{0.2576254826254826\textwidth}P{0.10666023166023166\textwidth}P{0.041023166023166024\textwidth}P{0.2723938223938224\textwidth}} \tabcellsep \tabcellsep Land Alqueire\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep Land Alqueire\\ \tabcellsep Number\tabcellsep with improvement\tabcellsep \tabcellsep Number\tabcellsep with improvements\\ Year\tabcellsep of deeds\tabcellsep and coffee plantations\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Year of deeds}\tabcellsep and coffee plantations\\ 1874\tabcellsep 0\tabcellsep ---------\tabcellsep 1887\tabcellsep 10\tabcellsep 467\$861\\ 1875\tabcellsep 0\tabcellsep ---------\tabcellsep 1888\tabcellsep 2\tabcellsep 334\$575\\ 1876\tabcellsep 0\tabcellsep ---------\tabcellsep 1889\tabcellsep 12\tabcellsep 381\$318\\ 1877\tabcellsep 1\tabcellsep 60\$083\tabcellsep 1890\tabcellsep 13\tabcellsep 376\$931\\ 1878\tabcellsep 4\tabcellsep 220\$604\tabcellsep 1891\tabcellsep 11\tabcellsep 836\$228\\ 1879\tabcellsep 1\tabcellsep 484\$259\tabcellsep 1892\tabcellsep 2\tabcellsep 653\$252\\ 1880\tabcellsep 0\tabcellsep ---------\tabcellsep 1893\tabcellsep 6\tabcellsep 1:159\$172\\ 1881\tabcellsep 1\tabcellsep 53\$999\tabcellsep 1894\tabcellsep 5\tabcellsep 416\$351\\ 1882\tabcellsep 0\tabcellsep ---------\tabcellsep 1895\tabcellsep 14\tabcellsep 1:052\$979\\ 1883\tabcellsep 0\tabcellsep ---------\tabcellsep 1896\tabcellsep 19\tabcellsep 1:786\$100\\ 1884\tabcellsep 2\tabcellsep 87\$879\tabcellsep 1897\tabcellsep 8\tabcellsep 1:479\$267\\ 1885\tabcellsep 8\tabcellsep 217\$644\tabcellsep 1898\tabcellsep 8\tabcellsep 1:002\$874\\ 1886\tabcellsep 1\tabcellsep 84\$132\tabcellsep 1899\tabcellsep 3\tabcellsep 641\$539\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{Source : primary data.}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_8}Table 5 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{6} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.2528673835125448\textwidth}P{0.08225806451612903\textwidth}P{0.16451612903225807\textwidth}P{0.003046594982078853\textwidth}P{0.207168458781362\textwidth}P{0.003046594982078853\textwidth}P{0.13709677419354838\textwidth}} Size\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Nº of business transactions}\tabcellsep \tabcellsep Area -in alqueires\tabcellsep \tabcellsep value\\ (alqueires)\tabcellsep \tabcellsep transactions (\%)\tabcellsep \tabcellsep alqueires (\%)\tabcellsep \tabcellsep (\%)\\ Up to 10 alq.\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 34,9 \%\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 4,6 \%\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 5,6 \%\\ From 10 to 50 alq.\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 44,0 \%\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 29,2 \%\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 22,5 \%\\ \multicolumn{2}{l}{From 50 to 100 alq.}\tabcellsep 10,8 \%\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 19,5 \%\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 15,2 \%\\ Over 100 alq.\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 10,3 \%\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 46,7 \%\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 56,7 \%\\ Total\tabcellsep \tabcellsep 100,00 \%\tabcellsep .\tabcellsep 100,00 \%\tabcellsep .\tabcellsep 100,00 \%\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_10}Table 6 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{7} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.425\textwidth}P{0.425\textwidth}} Frequency \%\tabcellsep Total number\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_11}Table 7 :}\end{figure} \footnote{ st Court of Records of Ribeirão Preto, Book \# 18, deed \# 957.} \backmatter \begin{bibitemlist}{1} \bibitem[Preto ()]{b13}\label{b13} \textit{}, Ribeirão Preto . \textit{Revista Estudos Econômicos} 1997. 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