UID:
almafu_9959677505602883
Format:
1 online resource (416 p.)
ISBN:
1-283-06209-7
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9786613062093
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0-8223-8110-9
Series Statement:
Latin America otherwise
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-2743-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-2733-3
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.1515/9780822381105
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822381105?locatt=mode:legacy
