Francisco de Paula Brito

Rodrigo Camargo de Godoi is Professor of Brazilian History at University of Campinas. His researches focuses on 19th century Brazilian Literature and Print Culture, especially the intersections between Press and Law, Copyrights, Book Piracy, Intellectual Labor and Publishing History.  H. Sabrina Gledhill is a UK-based, she is a freelance writer, researcher, curator, translator, editor and lecturer. She holds a PhD in Ethnic and African Studies from the Federal University at Bahia Centre for Afro-Asian Studies (CEAO/UFBA), an MA in Latin American Studies, and a BA in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

• Foreword to the Brazilian Edition Jefferson CanoAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART ONE: THE VENTURES AND MISADVENTURES OF A FREE PRINTER1. A “Dove without Gall” and the Court of Public Opinion2. Plantation Lad3. Apprentice Printer and Poet4. 1831, Year of Possibilities5. Bookseller-Printer6. Press Laws and Offences in the “Days of Father FeijÓ”PART TWO: CONSERVATIVE IMPARTIALITY7. “A Very Well Set-Up Establishment”8. Newspapers, Theses and Brazilian Literature9. Workers, Slaves and Free Africans10. “The Progress of the Nation Consists Solely in Regression”PART THREE:11. Man of Color and Printer of the Imperial House12. From Printer to Literary Publisher13. Debts and the Dangerous Game of the Stock Market14. From Bankruptcy Protection to LiquidationPART FOUR: REDISCOVERED ILLUSIONS15. A New Beginning16. The Petalogical Society17. Literary Mutualism18. The Publisher and His Authors19. Rio de Janeiro’s Publishing Market (1840-1850)20. The Widow Paula BritoEpilogueAppendicesSources and BibliographyImage Credits

"Paula Brito, a man of African descent, became the most important nineteenth-century Brazilian publisher. Rodrigo Godoi offers a detailed study of his trajectory, social relations, business practices, and cultural influence. This book is a major contribution to the history of the book and of the publishing industry."—Sidney Chalhoub, author of A força da escravidão: ilegalidade e costume no Brasil oitocentista