Edge of Empire
Atlantic Networks and Revolution in Bourbon Río de la Plata
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2015
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-28515-6 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
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Focusing on commercial and social networks in the Rio de la Plata region, this book examines how Montevideo merchant elites used transimperial connections to expand their influence and how their trade offered crucial support to Montevideo's autonomist projects.
In the first decades of the 1800s, after almost three centuries of Iberian rule, former Spanish territories fragmented into more than a dozen new polities. Edge of Empire analyzes the emergence of Montevideo as a hot spot of Atlantic trade and regional center of power, often opposing Buenos Aires. By focusing on commercial and social networks in the Rio de la Plata region, the book examines how Montevideo merchant elites used transimperial connections to expand their influence and how their trade offered crucial support to Montevideo's autonomist projects. These transimperial networks offered different political, social, and economic options to local societies and shaped the politics that emerged in the region, including the formation of Uruguay. Connecting South America to the broader Atlantic World, this book provides an excellent case study for examining the significance of cross-border interactions in shaping independence processes and political identities.
In the first decades of the 1800s, after almost three centuries of Iberian rule, former Spanish territories fragmented into more than a dozen new polities. Edge of Empire analyzes the emergence of Montevideo as a hot spot of Atlantic trade and regional center of power, often opposing Buenos Aires. By focusing on commercial and social networks in the Rio de la Plata region, the book examines how Montevideo merchant elites used transimperial connections to expand their influence and how their trade offered crucial support to Montevideo's autonomist projects. These transimperial networks offered different political, social, and economic options to local societies and shaped the politics that emerged in the region, including the formation of Uruguay. Connecting South America to the broader Atlantic World, this book provides an excellent case study for examining the significance of cross-border interactions in shaping independence processes and political identities.
Fabricio Prado is an Assistant Professor of History at the College of William and Mary.
List of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Portuguese Town in Rio de la Plata 2. Departing without Leaving: Luso-Brazilians under the Viceroyalty 3. Transimperial Cooperation: Commerce and War in the South Atlantic 4. The Making of Montevideo: Contraband, Reforms, and Authority 5. Changing Toponymy and the Emergence of the Banda Oriental 6. Traversing Empires: The Atlantic Life of Don Manuel Cipriano de Melo 7. Postponing the Revolution: Transimperial Commerce and Monarchism in the Banda Oriental Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Zusatzinfo | 9 maps, 8 line drawings |
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Verlagsort | Berkerley |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-520-28515-8 / 0520285158 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-28515-6 / 9780520285156 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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