The Brazilian Empire
Subtitle: Myths and Histories
Edition: Rev Sub edition
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 16, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780807848401
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; History of ideas, intellectual history; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Elite (Social sciences); Modern - 19th Century; Brazil - History; History; History - General History; Latin America - General; History: World; Brazil; Latin America - South America; Brazil; national project; liberalism; slavery; labd policies; labor policies; race; gender; patronage; clientele; slaves; free blacks; sharecroppers; urban workers; artisans; immigration; urbanization; power bloc; fall of the monarchy; patriarchalism; imperial elites; Jose Bonifacio de Andrade e Silva; History / Latin America; Politics and government; 19th century; Liberalism; 1822-1889; 1889-1930; Economic conditions
First sentence: We have grown so accustomed to studying history within national boundaries that we often fail to perceive the larger forces that shape our lives.