Naked Tropics Essays on Empire and Other Rogues Kenneth Maxwell #8 CERTRODE MVESTIGACIONES ‘ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES EW ‘ANTROPOLOGIA SOCIAL BIBLIOTECA ROUTLEDGE NEW YORK AND LONDON 0056992Contents Map ix Foreword by Fouad Ajami—Blame It on Rio xi ‘The Historical Vocation of Kenneth Maxwell Acknowledgments xix illustrations xxi Chapter 1 First Encounters 1 Chapter 2. jAdi6s Columbus! 13 Chapter3 Chocolate 37 Chapter4 Pirate Democracy a7 Chapter 5 Hegemonies Old and New 6 Chapter6 The Spark or ‘The Amazon and the Suppression of the Jesuits Chapter? The Idea of the Luso-Brarilian Empire 109 Chapter 8 Why Was Brazil Different? 45 ‘The Contexts of Independence Chapter9 ‘The Odd Couple 71 Jefferson and the Abbéviii + Contents Chapter 10 A Story of Slavery, Sex, and Mammon Chapter 11. The Tragedy of the Amazon Chapter 12 Chico Mendes Chapter 13 The Two Brazils Chapter 14 Macao Shadow Land Chapter 15. Heroes and Traitors Chapter 16 Orfeu Sources of Publications Abbreviations Index 187 199, 29 3 257 291 305 31 313 315