Angela Alonso (Universidade de Sao Paulo)

The Last Abolition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new interpretation of the Brazilian anti-slavery narrative, placing Brazil within the global network of nineteenth-century abolitionist activism, uncovers the broad history of Brazilian anti-slavery activists and the trajectory of their work. The Last Abolition is a major contribution to scholarship on the ending of slavery in Brazil.

Produktdetails

• Afro-Latin America
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 700g
• ISBN-13: 9781108431477
• ISBN-10: 110843147X
• Artikelnr.: 61416109

Autorenporträt

Angela Alonso is a Professor of Sociology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil and former Director of the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). The Last Abolition is a translation of Flores, Votos e Balas; o movimento abolicionista brasileiro, 1868-1888 (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Elite abolitionism
2. Pro-slavery rhetoric
3. The moral repertoire of abolitionism
4. The theatricalization of politics
5. Expansion
6. Results-based abolitionism
7. Votes: A movement/government alliance
8. Bullets: Movement and countermovement
9. The march to victory
10. Future of the preterite
11. Abolitionism as a social movement.