Matthias Röhrig Assunção

Peasant Rebellion in a Slave Society (eBook, PDF)

The Balaiada in Maranhão, Brazil, 1800-1850

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Produktbeschreibung

Peasant Rebellion in a Slave Society identifies the immediate and remote reasons for the Balaiada revolt in Maranhão, Brazil, analyzing the special characteristics of the region that favored the development of a relatively independent peasantry within and around the cotton, rice, cassava and cattle estates.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 562
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040042601
• Artikelnr.: 70878866

Autorenporträt

Matthias Röhrig Assunção is Professor of History at the University of Essex, UK. He is the author of A Guerra dos Bem-te-vis: A Balaiada na memória 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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. From "Virgin Forest" to the "Land of Palms": the Formation of Landscapes 2. A Changing Population, 1798
1861 3. The Struggle for Soil: Land Appropriation in Nineteenth
Century Maranhão 4. Economy and Society in Maranhão 5. Power structures and politics, 1820
1841 6. Conclusion