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Book SynopsisThis book explores the complicated, multi-faceted uprising by analyzing its underlying causes: increased taxes, rising costs of foodstuffs, the forced implementation of this new metric system, fear of being drafted into the military and, finally, the imprisonment of two of the leading bishops in Brazil, known as the Religious Question.
Trade ReviewRichardson effectively shows how decreasing government revenues from exports led to a desperate implementation of new taxes, some fourteen in Pernambuco alone from 1863 to 1869, to support municipal and provincial budgets. ... Richardson provides a detailed history of the conflict between the Brazilian state and the Vatican over precedence in religious and church matters and the role of Jesuit and Capuchin priests in the revolt. ... Richardson’s approach is useful in laying out the complexities of the revolt and suggests the necessity of further research that reveals more of participants’ individual motivations. Richardson successfully documents crucial aspects of rural northeastern society, the economic decline of the region, the myriad causes of the revolt, and the ways in which the revolt was used to political ends, and is thus a valuable contribution toward our understanding of the northeastern Brazil during the Second Empire. * Luso-Brazilian Review *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 LIST OF MAPS Chapter 2 PREFACE Chapter 3 NOTE ON CURRENCY Chapter 4 INTRODUCTION Chapter 5 CHAPTER 1: TIPPING THE SCALES Chapter 6 CHAPTER 2: ECONOMIC COLLAPSE Chapter 7 CHAPTER 3: ROLE OF RELIGION Chapter 8 CHAPTER 4: LAW OF RECRUITMENT Chapter 9 CHAPTER 5: MODERNIZATION Chapter 10 CHAPTER 6: REPRESSION Chapter 11 CONCLUSION Chapter 12 NOTES Chapter 13 BIBLIOGRAPHY Chapter 14 INDEX
