James P Woodard

A Place in Politics

São Paulo, Brazil, from Seigneurial Republicanism to Regionalist Revolt

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analysis of political culture in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo during the first decades of the twentieth century, distinguishing ways in which the period's conflicts colored subsequent experiments in democratic and authoritarian rule.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780822343462
• ISBN-10: 0822343460
• Artikelnr.: 25887248

Autorenporträt

James P. Woodard is Assistant Professor of History at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
A Note on the Orthography of Brazilian Portuguese xiii
Introduction 1
1. São Paulo as a Developing Society 16
2. A Republic of Layers 32
3. War and the Health of the State 71
4. Knaves, Pedants, and Rebels 108
5. An Experiment in Democracy 143
6. Moments and Truths 188
Conclusion and Epilogue: Politics, Culture, and Class in the History of
Twentieth-Century Brazil 213
Glossary of Portuguese Terms 239
Notes 243
Bibliography 369
Index 393