02708nam a2200517Ka 4500 ocn812924969 OCoLC 20200709055608.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 121015s2011 mduab ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780761853060 (electronic bk.) 0761853065 (electronic bk.) 0761853057 9780761853053 9780761853046 0761853049 (OCoLC)812924969 484724 (N$T) s-bl--- F2536 .R534 2011eb HIS 033000 bisacsh 981.04 22 N$TA Richardson, Kim, Ph.D. Quebra-Quilos and peasant resistance [electronic resource] : peasants, religion, and politics in nineteenth-century Brazil / Kim Richardson. Lanham : University Press Of America, c2011. 1 online resource (x, 157 p.) : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-152) and index. 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. Tipping the scales -- Economic collapse -- Role of religion -- Law of recruitment -- Modernization -- Repression. Description based on print version record. Brazil History Quebra Quilos' Revolt, 1874. Brazil Economic conditions 19th century. Brazil Social conditions 19th century. Peasant uprisings Brazil, Northeast History 19th century. Social conflict Brazil, Northeast History 19th century. HISTORY / Latin America / South America bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Richardson, Kim, Ph.D. Quebra-Quilos and peasant resistance. Lanham : University Press Of America, c2011 0761853057 (OCoLC)660134393 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=484724 EBSCOhost EBSC 484724 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51642 51642