A utopia do poderoso império
Subtitle: Portugal e Brasil : bastidores da política, 1798-1822
By: Maria de Lourdes Viana Lyra. 
Publisher: Sette Letras
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Rio de Janeiro
Language: por
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Monarchy -- Brazil -- History.; Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1763-1822.; Brazil -- Relations -- Portugal.; Portugal -- Relations -- Brazil.
Description: "Examines why Portuguese Brazil became a unified empire (and not a kingdom) following independence, whereas Spanish America broke apart into republican states.  Argues that by 1820, when the Portuguese had abandoned the Enlightenment vision of a powerful Portuguese empire in which Brazil would play an important role, Brazilians shifted the discourse from emancipation within the empire to independence and the creation of a 'powerful empire' of their own"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-256).