Politics and Parentela in Paraiba : a case study of family-based oligarchy in Brazil / Linda Lewin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewin, Linda, 1941- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oligarchy--Brazil--Paraiba (State)--History.

Oligarchy.

Families--Brazil--Paraiba (State)--Case studies.

Families.

Paraíba (Brazil : State)--Politics and government.

Paraíba (Brazil : State).

Pessoa family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (525 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1987]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This richly documented work focuses on the parentela (extended family), including Epitacio's, to illustrate the role bonds of blood, marriage, and friendship played in formal politics at local, state, and national levels throughout the Old Republic (1889-1930).Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF MAPS AND FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR PHOTOGRAPHS

NOTE ON PORTUGUESE USAGE AND STYLE

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Introduction

PART ONE: POLITICAL ECONOMY

Chapter I. Land and Population

Chapter II. The Agrarian Oligarchy and Its Export Economy in an Era of Change, 1889-1922

PART TWO. Politics and Parentela

Chapter III. The Parentela in Empire and Republic

Chapter IV. The Politics of Parentela in the Era of the Oligarchies

PART THREE. Oligarchical Politics

Chapter V. The Formative Decade: The Republican Nineties

Chapter VI. From "Anarchy" to "Order," 1900-1912

Chapter VII. The Pessoas in Power: The Years of "Order," 1912-1924

Chapter VIII. The Oligarchy Moves toward Crisis, 1924-1930

Conclusion: The Demise of Family-Based Politics

APPENDIXES

GLOSSARY OF PORTUGUESE TERMS

GLOSSARY OF BRAZILIAN KINSHIP TERMS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [457]-473.

ISBN:

9780691637778

0691637776

9780691609485

0691609489

9781400858286

1400858283

OCLC:

884013310