The Tribute of Blood : Army, Honor, Race, and Nation in Brazil, 1864-1945 /

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Argues that the reform of military recruitment in Brazil had a profound impact, second only to the abolition of slavery, on institutions of social discipline and the lives of the poor.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beattie, Peter M., 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1864-1945.
Rekrutierung
Recrutering.
Krijgsmacht.
Sociology, Military.
Recruiting and enlistment.
Draft.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Sociologie militaire > Bresil.
Service militaire obligatoire > Bresil > Histoire.
Sociology, Military > Brazil.
Draft > Brazil > History.
Brasilien
Brazil.
Bresil > Forces armees > Recrutement > Histoire.
Brazil > Armed Forces > Recruiting, enlistment, etc. > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Soldiers of Misfortune, Soldiers by Lot
  • I Impressment, Penal Transportation, Defense, and Politics, 1549-1905
  • 1. "Nabbing Time": The Heritage of Portugal's Gunpowder Empire, 1549-1864
  • 2. Raising the "Pagan Rabble": Wartime Impressment and the Crisis of Traditional Recruitment, 1864-1870
  • 3. The "Law of the Minotaur"? Postwar Reformism and the Recruitment Law, 1870-1874
  • 4. Whipping a Dead Letter: The 1874 Recruitment Law under the Empire, 1874-1889
  • 5. "And One Calls This Misery a Republic?": The 1874 Recruitment Law under the Early Republic, 1889-1905
  • II Soldiers, Their Lives, and the Army's Institutional Roles, 1850-1916
  • 6. The Troop Trade and the Army as a Protopenal Institution in the Age of Impressment, 1850-1916
  • 7. Brazilian Soldiers and Enlisted Service in the Age of Impressment, 1870-1916
  • 8. Days of Cachaca, Sodomy, and the Lash: Army Crime and Punishment in the Age of Impressment, 1870-1916
  • III Implementing Conscription and Reorienting the Army's Role, 1906-1945
  • 9. "Tightening Screw" or "Admirable Filter"?: The 1908 Obligatory Military Service Law, 1906-1916
  • 10. Making the Barracks a "House" and the Army a "Family": Assessing the Conscription Lottery, 1916-1945
  • Conclusions: Army, Masculine Honor, Race, and Nation
  • Appendix A: Military Crime Data
  • Appendix B: Army Recruitment Data
  • Appendix C: Populations of Public Disciplining Institutions
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Portuguese Terms.

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