The politics of the possible
Subtitle: the Brazilian rural workers' trade union movement, 1964-1985
By: Biorn Maybury-Lewis.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.; Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- Brazil -- Case studies.
Description: "Wide-ranging study of the rural workers' movement under military rule describes a struggle of incipient popular organizations versus a repressive State apparatus and its propertied allies. Rare book-length study in English of contemporary agrarian politics in Brazil includes a fascinating concluding interview with Chico Mendes"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-288) and index.