As Independências do Brasil: um estado e uma nação em formação

Abstract

The collection was conceived out of the need to bring together a set of works that analyse the Brazilian independence processes and the formation of the State and Nation. Over the course of 202 years, various national projects and historical narratives, marked by assertions and silences, have been developed. The collection covers both the national and international contexts of Brazil's Independence, as well as the periods of intense historiographical debate surrounding the centenary in 1922, the sesquicentennial in 1972, and the bicentennial in 2022. The analysis of national commemorations reveals how these moments are opportune for evaluating the past and the present, while also projecting future perspectives. The chapters offer valuable contributions by exploring different regions of Brazil, as well as the national and international contexts, and by analysing conceptual shifts and changes. The authors address a wide range of topics, from the international recognition of Independence to the relationship between Independence and the abolition of the slave trade, including the role of museums in preserving memory and the evolution of public education in Brazil. The contributions are interdisciplinary, addressing diplomatic, political, cultural, and educational issues. The collection serves to challenge accepted interpretations and to encourage new debates and research on Independence, the Empire, and contemporary Brazil, thereby contributing to the advancement of academic production on these topics at both national and international levels.