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

• Autore: Maxwell Kenneth <1941->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (656 p.)
• Disciplina: 981
• Soggetto topico: Portuguese - Foreign countries
• Soggetto geografico: Brazil History; Portugal Relations
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Naked tropics
• ISBN: 1-136-72848-1; 1-315-02437-3; 0-415-94576-3; 1-136-72841-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826828003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New World in the Atlantic World