Kim Richardson

Broschiertes Buch

Quebra-Quilos and Peasant Resistance

Peasants, Religion, and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Brazil

Beschreibung

This 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.

Autor

Kim Richardson received his MA from the University of Texas at Austin and his PhD from Texas Tech University. He is currently teaching as an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, Lancaster regional campus. He is married with three children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780761853053
• ISBN-10: 0761853057
• Artikelnr.: 31202165