| Tropical Versailles: Empire, Monarchy, and the Portuguese Royal Court in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1821 Contributor(s): Schultz, Kirsten (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415929881 ISBN-13: 9780415929882 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: In 1807, to escape an invading Napoleonic army, the Portuguese Prince Regent and some 10,000 functionaries set sail for Brazil. Following the transfer of the court, Rio de Janeiro became a "tropical Versailles," a new world seat of European imperial power. In discourse and practice, residents and royal officials in Rio set out to transform a colonial capital into a royal court and to redefine the bases for the political legitimacy of an empire and monarchy centered in America. With the capital of the Portuguese empire in Brazil for the next thirteen years, an extraordinary inversion of political, economic, and cultural hierarchies that had governed colonial relations for centuries came to pass. Schultz's penetrating study provides an engaging look at a unique and riveting historical episode. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - South America - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 981.530 |
| LCCN: 00068741 |
| Series: New World in the Atlantic World (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.14" W x 8.98" (1.01 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
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| Publisher Description: This engaging study tells the fascinating story of the only European empire to relocate its capital to the New World. |