Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Orthography and Measures ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Conquests and Histories: Brazil in the Portuguese Empire 25
7. 2. Reason and Experience: Royal Authority in a Golden Age 56
8. 3. Taxing Gold and Taxing Slaves: American Social Order and Empire 89
9. 4. Colonies and Commerce: Wealth, Diff erence, and Empire 122
10. 5. Peoples and Colonies: Settlement, Labor, and the Geography of Empire 158
11. Epilogue 197
12. List of Abbreviations 207
13. Notes 209
14. Bibliography 283
15. Index 319