Edge of Empire - Atlantic Networks and Revolution in Bourbon Rio De La Plata

Zusatztext "Edge of Empire is a well-researched and organized narrative that ties local and regional histories back to the transimperial dynamics! especially in the context of Spanish and Portuguese empires." Informationen zum Autor Fabrício Prado is an Assistant Professor of History at the College of William and Mary. Klappentext "Prado challenges false boundaries scholars have constructed between the Spanish and Portuguese empires. He reveals how commercial, family, and political networks linked the two worlds in the South Atlantic."—Hal Langfur, author of The Forbidden Lands: Colonial Identity, Frontier Violence, and the Persistence of Brazil’s Eastern Indians, 1750–1830 "In Edge of Empire, Prado switches smoothly between local, regional, and imperial frames of analysis and offers a compelling alternative to traditional nation-centered narratives about the end of Iberian colonialism in South America. This book does not just employ an Atlantic paradigm, it improves on it." —Bianca Premo, Associate Professor of History, Florida International University Zusammenfassung Focusing on commercial and social networks in the Rio de la Plata region, this book examines how Montevideo merchant elites used transimperial connections to expand their influence and how their trade offered crucial support to Montevideo's autonomist projects. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Portuguese Town in Río de la Plata 2. Departing without Leaving: Luso-Brazilians under the Viceroyalty 3. Transimperial Cooperation: Commerce and War in the South Atlantic 4. The Making of Montevideo: Contraband! Reforms! and Authority 5. Changing Toponymy and the Emergence of the Banda Oriental 6. Traversing Empires: The Atlantic Life of Don Manuel Cipriano de Melo 7. Postponing the Revolution: Transimperial Commerce and Monarchism in the Banda Oriental Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Fabricio Prado, Fabrício Prado
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.10.2015
• EAN: 9780520285156
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28515-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; South America, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, maritime history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political science & theory, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, International Trade, International trade and commerce