Quebra-Quilos and peasant resistance
Richardson, Kim, Ph.D.
Quebra-Quilos and peasant resistance peasants, religion, and politics in nineteenth-century Brazil / [electronic resource] : Kim Richardson. - Lanham : University Press Of America, c2011. - 1 online resource (x, 157 p.) : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-152) and index.
Tipping the scales -- Economic collapse -- Role of religion -- Law of recruitment -- Modernization -- Repression.
In 1874 and 1875 peasants in the Northeastern region of Brazil rose up in rebellion, destroying the weights and measures of the new metric system implemented by the government. Authorities dubbed this the Quebra-Quilos or the "Break the scales" uprising. This analysis of the uprising explores its underlying causes: increased taxes, rising cost of food, the new metric system, the military draft and the imprisonment of two leading Brazilian bishops. The book covers the causes and results of an economy gone awry, governmental attempts at modernization, and nineteenth-century conflicts over church-state relations.
9780761853060 (electronic bk.) 0761853065 (electronic bk.)
Peasant uprisings--History--Brazil, Northeast--19th century.
Social conflict--History--Brazil, Northeast--19th century.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America
Brazil--History--Quebra Quilos' Revolt, 1874.
Brazil--Economic conditions--19th century.
Brazil--Social conditions--19th century.
Electronic books.
F2536 / .R534 2011eb
981.04
Quebra-Quilos and peasant resistance peasants, religion, and politics in nineteenth-century Brazil / [electronic resource] : Kim Richardson. - Lanham : University Press Of America, c2011. - 1 online resource (x, 157 p.) : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-152) and index.
Tipping the scales -- Economic collapse -- Role of religion -- Law of recruitment -- Modernization -- Repression.
In 1874 and 1875 peasants in the Northeastern region of Brazil rose up in rebellion, destroying the weights and measures of the new metric system implemented by the government. Authorities dubbed this the Quebra-Quilos or the "Break the scales" uprising. This analysis of the uprising explores its underlying causes: increased taxes, rising cost of food, the new metric system, the military draft and the imprisonment of two leading Brazilian bishops. The book covers the causes and results of an economy gone awry, governmental attempts at modernization, and nineteenth-century conflicts over church-state relations.
9780761853060 (electronic bk.) 0761853065 (electronic bk.)
Peasant uprisings--History--Brazil, Northeast--19th century.
Social conflict--History--Brazil, Northeast--19th century.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America
Brazil--History--Quebra Quilos' Revolt, 1874.
Brazil--Economic conditions--19th century.
Brazil--Social conditions--19th century.
Electronic books.
F2536 / .R534 2011eb
981.04
