Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2014. Translated from the Portuguese.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 20. The Widow Paula Brito. 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.
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.
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