Imperial Portugal in the Age of Atlantic Revolutions - The Luso-Brazilian World, C.1770-1850

Informationen zum Autor Gabriel Paquette is an Assistant Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Enlightenment, Governance, and Reform in Spain and its Empire, 1759–1808 (2008), editor of Enlightened Reform in Southern Europe and its Atlantic Colonies, c.1750–1830 (2009) and co-editor of Connections after Colonialism: Europe and Latin America in the 1820s (2013). Klappentext A pioneering account of the links between Portugal and Brazil which survived despite the demise of the Portuguese Atlantic empire. Zusammenfassung Portugal made great efforts to tie its territories together! but the Luso-Brazilian empire eventually succumbed to revolution like its British! French and Spanish counterparts. This book reveals the links and relationships between Portugal and Brazil that survived the demise of empire and shaped the trajectories of the two countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The reform of empire in the late eighteenth century; 2. From foreign invasion to imperial disintegration; 3. Decolonization's progeny: restoration, disaggregation, and recalibration; 4. The last Atlantic revolution: emigrados, Miguelists, and the Portuguese Civil War; 5. After Brazil, after civil war: the origins of Portugal's African empire; Conclusion: the long shadow of Empire in the Luso-Atlantic world; Bibliography.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gabriel Paquette, Gabriel (Assistant Professor Paquette, Paquette Gabriel
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.03.2013
• EAN: 9781107028975
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02897-5
• Pagine: 466
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Portugal, European History, Brazil, HISTORY / Europe / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, C 1700 To C 1800