Schultz Tropical Versailles

Empire, Monarchy, and the Portuguese Royal Court in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1821
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-30840-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: New World in the Atlantic World

This engaging study tells the fascinating story of the only European empire to relocate its capital to the New World.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schultz, Kirsten

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter 1: 'Brighter Glory in the Western Sphere': Eighteenth-Century Empire, Monarchy and the New World
Chapter 2: Preeminence and its Price: Rio de Janeiro in the Eighteenth Century
Chapter 3: Tragedy and Triumph: the Politics of Royal Exile
Chapter 4: 'The New City' of Rio de Janeiro: Reconstructing the Portuguese Court
Chapter 5: 'Tropical Versailles': the Politics of Monarchy in the New World
Chapter 6: 'Imperio Florescente': Remaking the Empire
Chapter 7: Liberties and Legacies: Constitutionalism in Rio de Janeiro
Epilogue
Appendix
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kirsten Schultz is a Fellow in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at The Cooper Union in New York City.