A confluence of transatlantic networks
Subtitle: elites, capitalism, and Confederate migration to Brazil
By: Laura Jarnagin.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780817316242; 9780817380403
Subjects: Merchants -- Social networks -- Brazil -- History; Elite (Social sciences) -- Brazil -- History; American Confederate voluntary exiles -- Brazil; Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Atlantic Ocean Region -- History; Atlantic Ocean Region -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Systems, capitalism, networking, and migration; title: An overview of Confederate migration to Brazil; title: A transatlantic family; title: The Avelar Broteros and the Dabneys; title: John Bass Dabney, Monsieur Projet; title: The evolution of a mercantile dynasty; title: Cultural and commercial synergies; title: Transatlantic mercantile networks; title: Transatlantic Commission Houses; title: Coffee merchants and Confederate migration to Brazil; title: Reverberations of a Protestant diaspora; title: Intersecting and expanding networks; title: Migration processes; title: Southerners making choices; title: A confluence of transatlantic networks; title: Conclusion.