Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index.
The island of Brazil and Spanish America : first bridges, 1865-1888 -- The end of slavery and the hopeful beginnings of a Latin American consciousness in Brazil -- The end of the monarchy and the unwelcome Hispano-Americanization of Brazil -- Close encounters of the peripheral kind : Luso-Hispano-American interaction in the Age of Empire and the ideologization of "Latin America" -- Recreating the island, maintaining the bridges: Rio Branco, Spanish America, and the myth of paz e concórdia