Isabel Orleans-Braganza: The Brazillian Princess Who Freed the Slave - Brossura

Longo, James Mcmurtry

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ISBN 10: 0786432012 ISBN 13: 9780786432011

Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2007

Riassunto

This is a biography of Isabel Orleans-Bragança, daughter of the last emperor of Brazil. At a time when the voices of women went mostly unheard, Orleans-Bragança was a skilled and vocal politician. She was also a determined abolitionist, committed to peacefully ending slavery in the country that first introduced slavery to America. Thrust into the political spotlight after the death of her two brothers and illness of her father, Orleans-Bragança became acting head of state just as revolution was sweeping the country. She soon found herself in a race to save the constitutional government and free the nation’s slaves before a coup d’etat ended her time in power.

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Informazioni sull?autore

James McMurtry Longo is a professor of education and chair of the Education Department at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, and author of six other books.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786432012
• ISBN 13: 9780786432011
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 290
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile