The transfer of the Portuguese court from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro; the revolt of the Muslim slaves in Bahia; the end of the slave trade under British pressure; the War of the Triple Alliance, the abolition of slavery; the end of the monarchy and the rise of the republic; the Canudos War in the Northeast; the Amazon rubber boom: these are some of the events to be discussed in this seminar on the basis of primary and secondary sources. In the final analysis, they are all related to the central theme of this seminar, the theme of state formation and nation building in nineteenth century Brazil.