Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Portuguese Town in Río de la Plata -- 2. Departing without Leaving: Luso-Brazilians under the Viceroyalty -- 3. Transimperial Cooperation: Commerce and War in the South Atlantic -- 4. The Making of...

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