Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations
Glossary 1: Dispositions Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo - the
Luso-Brazilian commercial system - the British Factory - free
traders and contrabandists - new measures - opposition - privileged
trading companies - nationalization- Jesuits - the chosen
collaborators. 2: Change The international situation - fears of
British power - the development of the northeast - reforms - the
juntas da fazenda - economic crisis - the contraction of British
trade - industrial development - the privileged established
interests. 3: Divergence Growing tensions - laxity in Minas Gerais
- the Diamond District - the contracts - the fall of Pombal -
extinction of the companies- debilitation of the role of the Royal
Treasury - nobles and businessmen- neo-mercantilism - subversion.
4: Confrontation Minas Gerais - the regional economy - society -
the élite - distinctive solutions - patronage disputes -
alienation- Melo e Castro - a classical conflict. 5: Conspiracy The
tactics of revolt - the activists - the ideologues - the financial
interests - the program - disagreements - nativism - social
conservatism - the plot. 6: Skulduggery The suspension of the
derrama - the coalition in disarray - loyalists - arrest in Rio de
Janiero - the devassas - the death of Cláudio Manuel da Costa -
Manitti - the viceroy and the governor - the contractors escape
incrimination. 7: Crisis The records in Lisbon - the British -
diplomatic successes - Melo e Castro - the alçada - the scapegoat -
dangerous sleeping dogs - the sentence - the hanging of Tiradentes
- a double failure. 8: Compromise Dom Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho -
proposals for reform - a federative empire - dearth and prosperity-
the Bahian mulattoes - opposition - the choice - the dénouement.
Maps Statistical Appendix Bibliography Index
Kenneth Maxwell holds the Nelson and David Rockefeller Chair in Inter-American Studies at the Council of Foriegn Relations. He has taught at Yale, Princeton and Columbia Universities and the University of Kansas. Dr. Maxwell's recent books include Naked Tropics: Essays on Empire andOther Rogues (2003), The Making of Portuguese Democracy (1995) and Pombal: Paradox of the Enlightenment (1995).
"This brilliant monograph has long reigned as the premier treatment on the origins of Brazilian independence. It has no equal and richly deserves a new readership." -- Thomas Skidmore, Brown University"This attractive edition should make the Luso-Brazilian world of the late eighteenth century more accessible to English-language readers, especially those interested in the empires of the Atlantic World." --Mary Karash, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
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