Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 353 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9780520917187
,
0520917189
,
0585181519
,
9780585181516
Content:
The massacre of Canudos In 1897 is a pivotal episode in Brazilian social history. Looking at the event through the eyes of the inhabitants, Levine challenges traditional interpretations and gives weight to the fact that most of the Canudenses were of mixed-raced descent and were thus perceived as opponents to progress and civilization. In 1897 Brazilian military forces destroyed the millenarian settlement of Canudos, murdering
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520075242
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Levine, Robert M Vale of tears Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992 ISBN 0520203437
Language:
English
