Viscount Maua and the Empire of Brazil : A Biography of Irineu Evangelista de Sousa (1813-1889) / Anyda Marchant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marchant, Anyda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalists and financiers--Brazil--Biography.

Capitalists and financiers.

Brazil--History--Empire, 1822-1889.

Brazil.

Brazil--Economic conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.) : 1 frontisp.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1965]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: WHO WAS MAUÁ?

CHAPTER I. LUSITANIA TRANSPLANTED

CHAPTER II. YOUNG AMBITION'S LADDER

CHAPTER III. THE ENGLISH MERCHANT

CHAPTER IV. SENHOR IRINEU

CHAPTER V. THE INDUSTRIALIST

CHAPTER VI. BARON MAUÁ OF THE RAILROADS

CHAPTER VII. THE MAN OF AFFAIRS

CHAPTER VIII. OPENING UP THE AMAZON

CHAPTER IX. THE BANKER

CHAPTER X. FOUNDING AN EMPIRE

CHAPTER XI. THE GAMBLER

CHAPTER XIII. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND

CHAPTER XIV. FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

CHAPTER XV. THE CRASH

CHAPTER XVI. MAUÁ EXPLAINS TO HIS CREDITORS

CHAPTER XVII. PICKING UP THE PIECES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520320079

0520320077

OCLC:

1153537117