Patronage and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Brazil / Richard Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patronage, Political.

Political leadership.

Elections.

Politics and government.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 1989.

Summary:

Focusing on the period from 1840 to 1889, the author explores the specific ways in which granting protection, official positions, and other favors in exchange for political and personal loyalty worked to benefit the interests of wealthy Brazilians. The book is based principally on both the official and private correspondence of politicians, judges and bureaucrats, using these materials to look in depth at political practice. "Whatever the outcome of the current crisis of Latin American scholarship, here is one book that will not be swept into the dustbin of historiography ... This is a masterful study: imaginatively conceived, solidly researched, tightly reasoned, clearly and forcefully written. Graham's conclusions will be challenged, but his work will endure."-The American Historical Review.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Tables

Illustrations

Introduction

PART ONE: THE STRUCTURES OF POLITICS

ONE Families, Clients, and Social Control

TWO Locating Power

THREE Elections and Patronage

PART TWO. THE CONDUCT OF POLITICS

FOUR The Theater of Elections

FIVE Leadership, Fraud, and Force

SIX Faction and Party

SEVEN Electoral Reform

PART THREE. THE PRACTICE OF PATRONAGE

EIGHT Patterns of Patronage

NINE Anxious Connections

Epilogue

Notes

Sources Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (De Gruyter, viewed November 29, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8047-6556-1

OCLC:

1312725918