British Pre-eminence in Brazil. Its rise and decline. A study in European expansion
Details:
- Author(s) Manchester, Alan K
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1933
- Pages 371pp
- Publisher University of North Carolina Press
- Place Published Chapel Hill NC
Topics:
Countries:
- Brazil
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
In an early scholarly political-economic study explores the causes of British pre-eminence in Brazil and its 20th century decline, placing a strong emphasis on its economic foundation. Chapters include: 'Basis of English supremacy in Portuguese commerce'; 'A period of stress and readjustment'; 'The transfer of the Portuguese Court to Rio'; 'England secures preferential rights in Brazil'; 'Lord Strangford and Portuguese designs on the Banda Oriental'; 'Success and failure in the Banda Oriental, 1815-28'; 'England's attempt to abolish the Portuguese slave trade, 1808-22'; 'The price of recognition'; 'The beginnings of the revolt against British dominance'; 'The decline of British political preeminence'; 'The abolition of special privileges'; 'The challenge to Britain's economic supremacy'