Vale of Tears
Subtitle: Revisiting the Canudos Massacre in Northeastern Brazil, 1893-1897
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: December 26, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780520203433
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Human rights; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; Brazil - History; History - General History; History: World; Brazil; Latin America - South America; History / General
First sentence: The early 1890s were a powerfully disturbing time for Brazilians aware of their nation's history and its uncertain transition from monarchy to republic.