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Roderick J. Barman has been a member of the history department at the University of British Columbia since 1921. He is the author of Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825-1891 (1999), the winner of the 2001 Warren Dean Prize for the best book on Brazilian history.
As the elder daughter of an emperor whose wife had presented him with no sons, Isabel stood to inherit the monarchy of Brazil with the passing of Dom Pedro II. On three separate occasions, Isabel was named regent, or head of state, when her father was req
Chapter 1 List of Maps and Figures Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Gender and Power in Brazil Chapter 4 Daughter, 1846-64 Chapter 5 Bride, 1864-65 Chapter 6 Wife, 1865-72 Chapter 7 Mother, 1872-81 Chapter 8 Empress-in-Waiting, 1881-89 Chapter 9 Her Own Woman, 1889-1921 Chapter 10 Reflections Chapter 11 Annotated Bibliography Chapter 12 Index