Citizen Emperor
Subtitle: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825-1891
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: December 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780804735100
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: historical; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Brazil - History; History - General History; Latin America - South America; History: World; Brazil; History / South America; Historical - General; 1825-1891; Emperor of Brazil,; Empire, 1822-1889; II,; Pedro
First sentence: The birth of a baby boy at Rio de Janeiro in the early hours of December 2, 1825-the son and heir of the emperor Pedro I of Brazil and his empress, D. Leopoldina-was celebrated with all the ceremonial pomp warranted by his exalted ancestry.