Quebra-Quilos and Peasant Resistance: Peasants, Religion, and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Brazil

by Kim Richardson

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This book explores the complicated, multi-faceted uprising by analyzing its underlying causes: increased taxes, rising costs of foodstuffs, the forced implementation of this new metric system, fear of being drafted into the military and, finally, the imprisonment of two of the leading bishops in Brazil, known as the Religious Question.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0761853049

ISBN13:9780761853046

Release Date:December 2010

Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Length:170 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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City Planning & Urban Development Ethnic Studies Hispanic American Studies Human Geography Political Economy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality

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