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Millenarian vision, capitalist reality : Brazil's Contestado Rebellion, 1912-1916 /

Why did a millenarian movement erupt in the Brazilian interior in 1912? Setting out to answer this deceptively simple question, Todd A. Diacon delivers a fascinating account of a culture in crisis. Combining oral history with detailed archival research, "Millenarian Vision, Capitalist Reality&q...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Diacon, Todd A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 1991.
Colección:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Contestado Rebellion
  • The Contestado: Backwater Economy, Patriarchal Society
  • Capitalists and Colonists
  • The Deadly Triumvirate: State Power, the Brazil Railway Company, and Local Landowners in the Contestado
  • Progress and Anarchy
  • Millenarianism and the Crisis of Subsistence
  • Conclusion: The Power of the Millenarian Call.