Millenarian Vision, Capitalist Reality: Brazil's Contestado Rebellion, 1912-1916

by Todd A. Diacon

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Why did a millenarian movement erupt in the Brazilian interior in 1912? Setting out to answer this deceptively simple question, Todd A. Diacon delivers a fascinating account of a culture in crisis. Combining oral history with detailed archival research, Millenarian Vision, Capitalist Reality depicts a peasant community whose security in economic, social, and religious relations was suddenly disrupted by the intrusion of international capital. Diacon...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822311674

ISBN13:9780822311676

Release Date:August 1991

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Brazil History Latin America Modern (16th-21st Centuries) South America

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