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Quebra-Quilos and peasant resistance : peasants, religion, and politics in nineteenth-century Brazil / Kim Richardson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, Kim, Ph.D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peasant uprisings--Brazil, Northeast--History--19th century.
- Peasant uprisings.
- Social conflict--Brazil, Northeast--History--19th century.
- Social conflict.
- Brazil--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Brazil.
- Brazil--History--Quebra Quilos' Revolt, 1874.
- Brazil--Social conditions--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : University Press Of America, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores the complicated, multi-faceted uprising by analyzing its underlying causes: increased taxes, rising costs of foodstuffs, the forced implementation of this new metric system, fear of being drafted into the military and, finally, the imprisonment of two of the leading bishops in Brazil, known as the Religious Question.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Note on Currency; Introduction; Chapter 1: Tipping The Scales; Chapter 2: Economic Collapse; Chapter 3: Role of Religion; Chapter 4: Law of Recruitment; Chapter 5: Modernization; Chapter 6: Repression; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-152) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7618-8699-0
- 9786613912336
- 1-283-59988-0
- 0-7618-5306-5
- OCLC:
- 855502231
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