Edge of empire : Atlantic networks and revolution in Bourbon Rio de la Plata / / Fabricio Prado

• Autore: Prado Fabrício Pereira
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Disciplina: 382.09895
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Latin America / South America
• Soggetto geografico: Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) Economic conditions 18th century; Río de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) History 18th century
• Soggetto non controllato: 18th century; 19th century south america; argentina; argentinian commerce; atlantic trade; banda oriental; cisplatine province; colonia do sacramento; commerce in the south atlantic; don manuel cipriano de melo; economic history of argentina; luso brazilians; montevideo; portuguese imperialism; rio de la plata; south america; south american history; spanish conquest in south america; transatlantic trade; transimperial trade; uruguay; war in the south atlantic
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Archive Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the first decades of the 1800's, after almost three centuries of Iberian rule, former Spanish territories fragmented into more than a dozen new polities. Edge of Empire analyzes the emergence of Montevideo as a hot spot of Atlantic trade and regional center of power, often opposing Buenos Aires. By focusing on commercial and social networks in the Rio de la Plata region, the 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. These transimperial networks offered different political, social, and economic options to local societies and shaped the politics that emerged in the region, including the formation of Uruguay. Connecting South America to the broader Atlantic World, this book provides an excellent case study for examining the significance of cross-border interactions in shaping independence processes and political identities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Edge of empire
• ISBN: 0-520-96073-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819827503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II