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Race, state, and armed forces in independence-era Brazil : Bahia, 1790's-1840's / Hendrik Kraay.
LIBRA F2651.S1357 K73 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kraay, Hendrik, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil-military relations.
- Social classes.
- History.
- Black people.
- Salvador (Brazil)--History--19th century.
- Salvador (Brazil).
- Salvador (Brazil)--Race relations.
- Bahia (Brazil : State)--Militia--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
- Bahia (Brazil : State).
- Black people--Brazil--Bahia (State)--History--19th century.
- Social classes--Bahia (State)--History--19th century.
- Civil-military relations--Brazil--Salvador.
- Occupations and race.
- Brazil--Salvador.
- Brazil--Bahia (State).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 362 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Focusing on the military institutions (army, militia, and National Guard) of Bahia, Brazil, this book analyzes the region' s transition from Portuguese colony to province of the Brazilian Empire. It examines the social, racial, and cultural dimensions of post-independence state-building in one of the principal slave plantation regions of the Americas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-352) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804742480
- OCLC:
- 47849521
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