British Empire
Mostrando 1-12 de 20 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. ‘A NATIONAL UNITY OF INTERESTS AND AFFECTIONS’: FRAMEWORKS OF THE UNION IN THE EARLY BRAZILIAN NOVEL
Abstract Novelistic fiction from the United Kingdom has been consistently acknowledged as a major repository of narrative paradigms for the incipient Brazilian novel. Genres originally offering a narrative solution for tensions embedded throughout British and Irish society would cross the Atlantic and, by mid-nineteenth century, be rendered instrumental for
Ilha do Desterro. Publicado em: 2022
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2. Hearts of Darkness: The Experience of ‘Horror’ In Roger Casement’s Writings - The Fabrication of on Antihero
Abstract The article1 presents an analysis of texts by a number of authors who deal with Roger Casement’s writings, aiming at assessing how those authors fabricate a discourse based on alleged acts a discourse that ends up perpetuating a representation of Casement’s persona. Casement ends up being both a hero - up until his arrest and condemnation as a t
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 20/05/2019
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3. Os Quilombolas Monarquistas da Jamaica no Mundo Atlântico Britânico, 1740-1800
Resumo Este artigo investiga como uma comunidade de ex-escravos, os quilombolas de Trelawney Town, do norte da Jamaica, sobreviveu à escravidão e ao exílio, aliando-se aos interesses do Império Britânico. A Jamaica, como outras sociedades escravistas do Novo Mundo, produziu fugitivos, e quando esses escravos fugidos estabeleceram comunidades separadas e
Varia hist.. Publicado em: 2019-04
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4. Pirates vs. Press Gangs: The Battle for the Atlantic
Resumo Os piratas instigam a imaginação coletiva desde quando saqueavam navios mercantes e lutavam por embarcações no Oceano Atlântico, durante a Idade da Vela. Não obstante, os piratas também contribuem para ilustrar um processo por vezes subestimado no estudo do desenvolvimento dos Estados e Impérios modernos: a luta entre atores estatais e não es
História. Publicado em: 31/01/2019
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5. The Global Career of Indian Opium and Local Destinies
Abstract: As is well known, opium was a major colonial commodity. It was linked to trade in several other commodities of the modern era such as tea, sugar and cotton and through these to Atlantic the slave trade. The movement of these commodities across continents shaped capitalism in very specific ways. In the case of India, for instance, earnings from the
Almanack. Publicado em: 2016-12
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6. Your Country is of Great Subtlety: Aspects of the Brazilian Translation of Patrick White's Voss
Abstract: A number of the dialogues in Patrick White's Voss (1957), especially those involving Laura Trevelyan, involve an implicit debate about what is meant by country and what it means to live in a country. Is the colony of New South Wales simply a province of the British Empire, a little piece of Britain transplanted on the other side of the world, or is
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2016-08
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7. Imperialismo capitalista em três atos : investigações sobre o capitalismo / Capitalist imperialism in three acts : investigations into capitalism
Este trabalho consiste na reconstituição de três debates sobre o Imperialismo Capitalista Britânico durante o século XIX com o intuito de perceber nele manifestações das estruturas perenes do capitalismo, procurando marcar as diferenças entre estas e aquelas que se mostram(ram) conjunturais. No primeiro capítulo, procuramos, por meio da reconstitui�
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 21/02/2011
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8. O mundo interligado: poder, guerra e território nas lutas na Argentina e na Nova Zelândia (1826-1885) / Connected worlds: political power, war and territory in the struggles in Argentina and New Zealand (1826-1885)
Esta tese analisa as relações entre indígenas e criollos estabelecidas na Argentina e as entre os Maori e os pakeha na Nova Zelândia, entre as décadas de 1820 e 1880. Suas fontes são relatos de viagens, cartas, relatórios, petições, abaixo-assinados, leis e tratados de paz. São acompanhadas as transformações ocorridas no período, traçados os di
Publicado em: 2010
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9. A política da escravidão no império do Brasil, 1826-1865 / The politics of slavery in the Empire od Brazil, 1826-1865
This work studies the defense of slavery and slave trade in Imperial Brazil from 1826 to 1865, since the regular workings of Parliament until the outcome of the Civil War in the United States. It focuses on political discourses such as parliamentary speeches, State Council rulings, journal articles, pamphlets, books and political petitions. These evidences h
Publicado em: 2009
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10. Os bruxos do século XX : neopaganismo e invenção de tradições na Inglaterra do pós-guerra
This work focuses on the birth of a new religion: the contemporary neopagan witchcraft, or Wicca, centered on the work of the retired servant of the British Empire, Gerald Brosseau Gardner, in the middle 20th Century. Based on beliefs and ideas strongly spread since the end of the last century, but restricted to a specific portion of the british society amon
Publicado em: 2008
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11. As origens da Royal Institution (1799-1806): "ciência útil" e difusão do conhecimento
The Royal Institution, English organization founded at the end of the eighteenth century in London and existing in this day and age as an institution dedicated to research in the theory and dissemination of science, was born with the purposes of an institution of public character, depending on financial contributions. Within a conception of science, categori
Publicado em: 2008
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12. Liberdade tutelada : os africanos livres e as relações de trabalho na Fabrica de Polvora da Estrela, Serra da Estrela/RJ (c.1831-c.1870)
"Liberated african", "freed african", "prize negroes" and "emancipado". These expressions, in the nineteenth century, indicated the juridical status of every ilegally enslaved africans rescued by government authorities in slave trade ships after the slave trade prohibition. Once captured by a government, like Brazil?s Empire, they should be put to work as "a
Publicado em: 2005