Edge of empire : Atlantic networks and revolution in Bourbon Rio de la Plata / Fabricio Prado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prado, Fabrício Pereira, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay)--Economic conditions--18th century.

Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay).

Río de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay)--History--18th century.

Río de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the first decades of the 1800's, 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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. A Portuguese Town in Río 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

Conclusion

Notes

Archive Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520960732

0520960734

OCLC:

920673766