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Author:

Preuss, Ori.

Title:

Bridging the island : Brazilians' views of Spanish America and themselves, 1865-1912 / Ori Preuss.

Publisher:

Iberoamericana Vervuert,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

National characteristics, Brazilian--History--19th century.
National characteristics, Brazilian--History--20th century.
National characteristics, Latin American--History--19th century.
National characteristics, Latin American--History--20th century.
Brazil--Relations--Latin America.
Latin America--Relations--Brazil.
Brazil--Civilization.
Brazil--History--1889-1930.
Latin America--Foreign public opinion, Brazilian.
Public opinion--Brazil--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index.

Contents:

The island of Brazil and Spanish America : first bridges, 1865-1888 -- The end of slavery and the hopeful beginnings of a Latin American consciousness in Brazil -- The end of the monarchy and the unwelcome Hispano-Americanization of Brazil -- Close encounters of the peripheral kind : Luso-Hispano-American interaction in the Age of Empire and the ideologization of "Latin America" -- Recreating the island, maintaining the bridges: Rio Branco, Spanish America, and the myth of paz e conc©đrdia.

Summary:

Explores the interplay between Brazilian interpretations of the national Self and the Spanish-American Other during the critical years spanning the demise of slavery and monarchy.

Series:

Tiempo emulado, historia de Am©♭rica y Espa©ła ; 12

ISBN:

9781558764682
1558764682
1936353024 (Iberoamericana Vervuert Pub. pbk. : alk. paper)
9781936353026 (Iberoamericana Vervuert Pub. pbk. : alk. paper)
8484894819 (Iberamericana Ed. Vervuert pbk. : alk. paper)
9788484894810 (Iberamericana Ed. Vervuert pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)698029405

LCCN:

2011000873

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)