The Brazilian Empire: dimensions of an enigma

Authors

  • Wilma Peres Costa UNICAMP; Instituto de Economia; departamento de Política e História Econômica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1808-8139.v0i1p27-43

Keywords:

Brazilian Empire, slavery, territoriality, tax system

Abstract

The article comments on the text "Builders and Heirs" by Ilmar Mattos, sharing the author's position about the strategic importance of thinking the 1828-1831 conjuncture as a turning point in the path of the Brazilian state building process, due to the territorial loss (the Cisplatine Province) and the deadline of the Treaty accorded with Britain prohibiting African slave trade. The article pursuits the discussion by emphasizing the need of understanding the paradoxical effects of the permanence of illegal trade on essential aspects of state building process: the establishment of territory, the enforcement of systems of accounting and measurements and the tax system.

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Published

2005-05-01

Issue

No. 1 (2005)

Section

Forum

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