Abstract
The Rio de la Plata region was one of the most disputed areas in
the Atlantic World in the early modern period. Although peripheral
in the Spanish mercantile system, the region was the theater of
colonial disputes between Spain and Portugal, but also an area of
interest for the British and the French. As a result, Rio de la
Plata became an area of intense trans-imperial and trans-national
interactions. This dissertation analyzes the significance of
trans-imperial networks in the late colonial historical context. I
argue that, in peripheral regions, colonial subjects developed
social and economic networks that crossed imperial borders, and
that the control of such networks, coupled with manipulation of
imperial legislation, bolster their autonomy before the colonial
centers of power. My research examines how groups centered in
Montevideo expanded their political, social and economical
influence over the surrounding region, the Banda Oriental, through
a process of controlling social and trade networks between the
Portuguese and Anglo Americas, and reinterpreting colonial
legislation. Thus, in peripheral areas, trans-imperial networks
offered different political, social and economic options to local
societies, shaping notions of community and regional identity
within the broader Atlantic context.
Table of Contents
Introduction 01
Chapter 1 - Laying the Land 07
Chapter 2 - A Portuguese Town in the Rio de la Plata 42
Chapter 3 - Departing without Leaving - Luso-Brazilians under
Spanish Rule in Rio de la Plata (18th Century) 83
Chapter 4 - Trans-Imperial Cooperation in the South Atlantic -
Commerce and War in Rio de la Plata and Rio de Janeiro (1777-1805)
122
Chapter 5 - The Making of Montevideo's Jurisdiction: Contraband,
Reforms and Authority 165
Chapter 6 - Changing Toponomies and the Emergence of the Orientales
194
Chapter 7 - Traversing Empires: the Trans-Imperial Career of the
Luso-Spaniard Don Manuel Cipriano de Melo 246
Conclusion 273
References 282
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