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Focusing on the period from 1840 to 1889, one of the leading historians on Brazil explores the specific ways in which granting protection, official positions, and other favors in exchange for political and personal loyalty worked to benefit the interests of wealthy Brazilians.

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"This is a masterful study: imaginatively conceived, solidly researched, tightly reasoned, clearly and forcefully written." —American Historical Review
"Here is one book that will not be swept into the dustbin of historiography. . . . This is a masterful study: imaginatively conceived, solidly researched, tightly reasoned, clearly and forcefully written. Graham's conclusions will be challenged, but his work will endure."—American Historical Review

Patronage and Politics in Nineteenth Century

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/08/1994
      ISBN13: 9780804723367, 978-0804723367
      ISBN10: 0804723362

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Focusing on the period from 1840 to 1889, one of the leading historians on Brazil explores the specific ways in which granting protection, official positions, and other favors in exchange for political and personal loyalty worked to benefit the interests of wealthy Brazilians.

      Trade Review
      "This is a masterful study: imaginatively conceived, solidly researched, tightly reasoned, clearly and forcefully written." —American Historical Review
      "Here is one book that will not be swept into the dustbin of historiography. . . . This is a masterful study: imaginatively conceived, solidly researched, tightly reasoned, clearly and forcefully written. Graham's conclusions will be challenged, but his work will endure."—American Historical Review

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