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Peasant rebellion in a slave society : the Balaiada in Maranhão, Brazil, 1800-1850 / Matthias Röhrig Assunção ; translated by Sabrina Gledhill, revised by the author.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Assunção, Matthias Röhrig, 1955- author.
- Series:
- Latin American history in translation
- Standardized Title:
- De caboclos a bem-te-vis. English
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Insurgency--Brazil--Maranhão--History--19th century.
- Insurgency.
- Slave rebellions--Brazil--Maranhão.
- Slave rebellions.
- Maranhão (Brazil)--History--Balaiada Revolt, 1838-1841.
- Maranhão (Brazil).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xli, 520 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Other Title:
- Balaiada in Maranhão, Brazil, 1800-1850
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Matthias Rhrig Assunco is Professor of History at the University of Essex, UK. He is the author of A Guerra dos Bem-te-vis: A Balaiada na memoria oral (2008) and Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art (2005). He co-directed the documentary film Body Games: Capoeira and Ancestry (2014) and coordinates the website capoeirahistory.com.
- Contents:
- From "Virgin Forest" to the "Land of Palms" : the Formation of Landscapes
- A Changing Population, 1798-1861
- The Struggle for Soil : Land Appropriation in Nineteenth-Century Maranhao
- Economy and Society in Maranhao
- Power structures and politics, 1820-1841.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Brazil as "De caboclos a bem-te-ivs. Formação do campesinato numa sociedade escravista: Maranhão, 1800-1850."
- Translated from the Portuguese.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 01, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Assunção, Matthias Röhrig, 1955- Peasant rebellion in a slave society
- ISBN:
- 9781040042601
- 1040042600
- 9781003253082
- 1003253083
- 9781040042625
- 1040042627
- Publisher Number:
- 40032356463
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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