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Francisco de Paula Brito : a black publisher in imperial Brazil / Rodrigo Camargo de Godoi, ; translated by H. Sabrina Gledhill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Godoi, Rodrigo Camargo de, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Editor no Impâerio. English
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Brito, Francisco de Paula, 1809-1861.
- Brito, Francisco de Paula.
- Publishers and publishing--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Biography.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Publishers and publishing--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--History--19th century.
- Poets, Brazilian--19th century--Biography.
- Poets, Brazilian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 345 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Francisco de Paula Brito: A Black Publisher in Imperial Brazil is the biography of a black merchant, printer, bookseller, and publisher who lived in Rio de Janeiro from his birth in 1809 until his death in 1861"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THE VENTURES AND MISADVENTURES OF A FREE PRINTER
- 1. A "Dove Without Gall" And The Court Of Public Opinion
- 2. Plantation Lad
- 3. Apprentice Printer And Poet
- 4. 1831, Year Of Possibilities
- 5. Bookseller-Printer
- 6. Press Laws And Offences In The "Days Of Father Feijo"
- pt. TWO CONSERVATIVE IMPARTIALITY
- 7. "A Very Well Set-Up Establishment"
- 8. Newspapers, Theses, And Brazilian Literature
- 9. Workers, Slaves, And Free Africans
- 10. "The Progress Of The Nation Consists Solely In Regression"
- pt. THREE THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE DOUS DE DEZEMBRO COMPANY
- 11. Man Of Color And Printer Of The Imperial House
- 12. From Printer To Literary Publisher
- 13. Debts And The Dangerous Game Of The Stock Market
- 14. From Bankruptcy Protection To Liquidation
- pt. FOUR REDISCOVERED ILLUSIONS
- 15. A New Beginning
- 16. The Petalogical Society
- 17. Literary Mutualism
- 18. The Publisher And His Authors
- 19. Rio De Janeiro's Publishing Market (1840
- 1850)
- 20. The Widow Paula Brito.
- Notes:
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2014.
- Translated from the Portuguese.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8265-0137-0
- Publisher Number:
- heb40167 hdl
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