Tropical Versailles: Empire, Monarchy, and the Portuguese Royal Court in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1821 Book

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Tropical Versailles: Empire, Monarchy, and the Portuguese Royal Court in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1821
Written by author Kirsten Schultz
Published by Taylor & Francis, Inc., August 2001
This engaging study tells the fascinating story of the only European empire to relocate its capital to the New World.
In 1807, to escape an invading Napoleonic army, the Portuguese Prince Regent and some 10,000 functionaries set sail for Brazil. Following the transfer of the court, Rio de Janeiro became a "tropical Versailles," a new world seat of European imperial power

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Acknowledgments
A Note on Portuguese Orthography
Abbreviations
Introduction 1
1 "Brighter Glory in the Western Sphere": Monarchy, Empire, and the New World 15
2 Preeminence and Its Price: Eighteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro 39
3 Tragedy and Triumph: The Politics of Royal Exile 67
4 The New City of Rio de Janeiro: Reconstructing the Portuguese Royal Court 101
5 "Tropical Versailles": The Politics of Monarchy in the New World 151
6 "Imperio Florescente": Remaking the Portuguese Empire 189
7 Legacies and Liberties: Constitutionalism in Rio de Janeiro 235
Epilogue 277
App The Pasquinades of 1821 283
References 295
Index 319

Title: Tropical Versailles: Empire, Monarchy, and the Portuguese Royal Court in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1821

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Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 6.100 cm (2.40 inches)

Heigh : 9.300 cm (3.66 inches)

Depth: 0.900 cm (0.35 inches)

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Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

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This is an excellent study of racism in Brazil. Sheriff makes a distinction that other scholars before her time had not made, that is the distinction between the descriptive and prescriptive claims of democracy racial. In this way she asserts that democracia racial is a myth and also a dream.

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	Acknowledgments
	A Note on Portuguese Orthography
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
1	"Brighter Glory in the Western Sphere": Monarchy, Empire, and the New World	15
2	Preeminence and Its Price: Eighteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro	39
3	Tragedy and Triumph: The Politics of Royal Exile	67
4	The New City of Rio de Janeiro: Reconstructing the Portuguese Royal Court	101
5	"Tropical Versailles": The Politics of Monarchy in the New World	151
6	"Imperio Florescente": Remaking the Portuguese Empire	189
7	Legacies and Liberties: Constitutionalism in Rio de Janeiro	235
	Epilogue	277
App	The Pasquinades of 1821	283
	References	295
	Index	319