摘要:Normal 0 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabela normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} This article proposes a contribution to the investigation on both historical process of capitalism development, and state-building in Brazil, based on an analysis of institutional settings and the composition of some branches of Brazilian technical bureaucracy, from Getulio Vargas first term of office (1930-1945), to 1964, by the advent of the military regime. This study aims to debate the interpretation of Brazilian historiography proposed by the Authoritarian Modernization theory, in order to investigate the role of the technical bureaucracy inside the public agencies. KEY WORDS: Capitalism development, State-building, Bureaucracies.