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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826828003321

Autore

Maxwell Kenneth <1941->

Titolo

Naked tropics : essays on empire and other rogues / / Kenneth Maxwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-72848-1

1-315-02437-3

0-415-94576-3

1-136-72841-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (656 p.)

Collana

New World in the Atlantic world

Disciplina

981

Soggetti

Portuguese - Foreign countries

Brazil History

Portugal Relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Map; Foreword-Blame It on Rio; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Chapter 1. First Encounters; I; II; Chapter 2. ¡Adiós Columbus!; I; II; III; IV; V; Chapter 3. Chocolate; I; II; Chapter 4. Pirate Democracy; I; II; III; Chapter 5. Hegemonies Old and New; I; II; III; IV; Chapter 6. The Spark: The Amazon and the Suppression of the Jesuits; I; II; III; Chapter 7. The Idea of the Luso-Brazilian Empire; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; Chapter 8. Why Was Brazil Different?: The Contexts of Independence; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII

Chapter 9. The Odd Couple: Jefferson and the AbbéI; II; III; IV; Chapter 10. A Story of Slavery, Sex, and Mammon; I; II; III; Chapter 11. The Tragedy of the Amazon; I; II; III; IV; V; Chapter 12. Chico Mendes; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; Chapter 13. The Two Brazils; I; II; III; IV; Chapter 14. Macao: Shadow Land; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; Chapter 15. Heroes and Traitors; I; II; III; IV; Chapter 16. Orfeu; Sources of Publications; Abbreviations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.