UID:
almafu_9959677592502883
Format:
1 online resource (184 p.)
ISBN:
1-282-90410-8
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9786612904103
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0-8223-8154-0
Series Statement:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Content:
In May 1888 the Brazilian parliament passed, and Princess Isabel (acting for her father, Emperor Pedro II) signed, the lei aurea, or Golden Law, providing for the total abolition of slavery. Brazil thereby became the last "civilized nation" to part with slavery as a legal institution. The freeing of slaves in Brazil, as in other countries, may not have fulfilled all the hopes for improvement it engendered, but the final act of abolition is certainly one of the defining landmarks of Brazilian history.The articles presented here represent a broad scope of scholarly inquiry that covers developmen
Note:
"The text of this book was originally published without the present introduction or the index as volume 68, number 3 (August 1988) of the Hispanic American historical review"--Verso of t.p.
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Exploring the Meaning of Freedom: Postemancipation Societies in Comparative Perspective / REBECCA J. SCOTT -- Brazilian Abolition in Comparative Perspective / SEYMOUR DRESCHER -- Beyond Masters and Slaves: Subsistence Agriculture as Survival Strategy in Brazil during the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century / HEBE MARIA MATTOS DE CASTRO -- Black and White Workers: Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1888-1928 / GEORGE REID ANDREWS -- "Mud-Hut Jerusalem": Canudos Revisited / ROBERT M. LEVINE.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-0888-6
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1515/9780822381549
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822381549?locatt=mode:legacy
