Abstract
Apresenta-se aqui a trajetória de Joaquim José da Silva Maia, comerciante e jornalista de formação liberal que atuou no Brasil e em Portugal, envolvendo-se diretamente na guerra de independência da Baía, do lado dos portugueses (1822/1823); nas campanhas liberais que agitaram Portugal entre 1826 e 1828 a favor da constituição e contra D. Miguel e, finalmente, no último ano do reinado de D. Pedro I, do Brasil, (1830/1831) defendendo no Rio de Janeiro, em nome dos ideias do liberalismo político e econômico, o envolvimento do Imperador e de seu governo nos problemas da sucessão portuguesa. Exemplo de uma atuação decisiva dos dois lados do Atlântico, especialmente por meio dos jornais que publicou, o caso de Silva Maia é rico em possibilidades analíticas para a compreensão das apropriações possíveis dos ideais constitucionalistas em um contexto de intensas transformações.
We present here the trajectory of José Joaquim da Silva Maia, a liberal trader
and journalist who worked in Brazil and Portugal, getting directly involved in the
war of independence of Baía, on the Portuguese side; in the liberal campaigns that stirred Portugal between 1826 and 1828 in favor of the constitution and against D. Miguel and, finally, in the last year of the reign of D. Pedro I, from Brazil, defending in Rio de Janeiro, in the name of the ideas of political and economic liberalism, the involvement of the Emperor and his government in the problems of Portuguese succession. A unique example of decisive action on both sides of the Atlantic, especially through the newspapers he published, Silva Maia’s case is rich in analytical possibilities for understanding the possible appropriations of constitutionalist ideals in a context of intense transformations.
We present here the trajectory of José Joaquim da Silva Maia, a liberal trader
and journalist who worked in Brazil and Portugal, getting directly involved in the
war of independence of Baía, on the Portuguese side; in the liberal campaigns that stirred Portugal between 1826 and 1828 in favor of the constitution and against D. Miguel and, finally, in the last year of the reign of D. Pedro I, from Brazil, defending in Rio de Janeiro, in the name of the ideas of political and economic liberalism, the involvement of the Emperor and his government in the problems of Portuguese succession. A unique example of decisive action on both sides of the Atlantic, especially through the newspapers he published, Silva Maia’s case is rich in analytical possibilities for understanding the possible appropriations of constitutionalist ideals in a context of intense transformations.
Translated title of the contribution | Silva Maia: the trader that the Atlantic revolutions made a journalist |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 199-219 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Revista de História das Ideias |
Volume | 39 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Independência
- Absolutismo
- Constitucionalismo
- Comércio
- Imprensa
- Independence
- Absolutism
- Constitutionalism
- Trade
- Press