Punishment in paradise : race, slavery, human rights, and a nineteenth-century Brazilian penal colony /
Peter M. Beattie provides a detailed examination of the nineteenth-century Brazilian island penal colony Fernando de Noronha, in which he shows how it serves as a metaphor for Brazilian society and was key to Brazil's abolishment of slavery.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Durham ; London :
Duke University Press,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Peter M. Beattie provides a detailed examination of the nineteenth-century Brazilian island penal colony Fernando de Noronha, in which he shows how it serves as a metaphor for Brazilian society and was key to Brazil's abolishment of slavery. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-325) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780822375890 0822375893 |