The tribute of blood : army, honor, race, and nation in Brazil, 1864-1945 / Peter M. Beattie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beattie, Peter M., 1963-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Latin America otherwise.

Latin America otherwise

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Draft--Brazil--History.

Draft.

Sociology, Military--Brazil.

Sociology, Military.

Brazil--Armed Forces--Recruiting, enlistment, etc--History.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Argues that the reform of military recruitment in Brazil had a profound impact, second only to the abolition of slavery, on institutions of social discipline and the lives of the poor.

Contents:

Introduction: Soldiers of Misfortune, Soldiers by Lot

I Impressment, Penal Transportation, Defense, and Politics, 1549-1905

1. "Nabbing Time": The Heritage of Portugal's Gunpowder Empire, 1549-1864

2. Raising the "Pagan Rabble": Wartime Impressment and the Crisis of Traditional Recruitment, 1864-1870

3. The "Law of the Minotaur"? Postwar Reformism and the Recruitment Law, 1870-1874

4. Whipping a Dead Letter: The 1874 Recruitment Law under the Empire, 1874-1889

5. "And One Calls This Misery a Republic?": The 1874 Recruitment Law under the Early Republic, 1889-1905

II Soldiers, Their Lives, and the Army's Institutional Roles, 1850-1916

6. The Troop Trade and the Army as a Protopenal Institution in the Age of Impressment, 1850-1916

7. Brazilian Soldiers and Enlisted Service in the Age of Impressment, 1870-1916

8. Days of Cachaca, Sodomy, and the Lash: Army Crime and Punishment in the Age of Impressment, 1870-1916

III Implementing Conscription and Reorienting the Army's Role, 1906-1945

9. "Tightening Screw" or "Admirable Filter"?: The 1908 Obligatory Military Service Law, 1906-1916

10. Making the Barracks a "House" and the Army a "Family": Assessing the Conscription Lottery, 1916-1945

Conclusions: Army, Masculine Honor, Race, and Nation

Appendix A: Military Crime Data

Appendix B: Army Recruitment Data

Appendix C: Populations of Public Disciplining Institutions

Notes

Glossary of Portuguese Terms

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-374) and index.

ISBN:

9786613062093

9781283062091

1283062097

9780822381105

0822381109

OCLC:

220951408