Beschreibung:
This work delineates the differences between the British and Portuguese empires as they struggled with revolutionary tumult, revealing how merchants, smugglers, rogue officials, slave traders, and pirates influenced contentious paths of independence in the United States and Brazil.
List of AbbreviationsIntroduction. Contraband, Plunder, and RevolutionPART I. NEGOTIATING EMPIREChapter 1. Empire and CommerceChapter 2. The Plague of StatesPART II. REGULATION AND REVOLUTIONChapter 3. A Fractured EmpireChapter 4. Duties and DiscouragementsPART III. A LIBERTY OF TRADEChapter 5. Republicans and SmugglersChapter 6. Opened Ports, Restricted TradePART IV. "CONNEXIONS OF COMMERCE AND LIBERATION"Chapter 7. Patriots of PernambucoChapter 8. Republican PiratesChapter 9. Republics, Monarchies, and CommerceEpilogue. Two AmericasNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments