Race, State, and Armed Forces in Independence-Era Brazil
Subtitle: Bahia (1790s-1840s)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: December 27, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780804742481
Subjects: World history: c 1750 to c 1900; c 1800 to c 1900; Military-Political Relationships; Race And Ethnic Relations; History; History - General History; History: World; Latin America - South America; History / South America; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; 19th century; Bahia (Brazil : State); Bahia (State); Blacks; Brazil; Civil-military relations; Race relations; Salvador; Salvador (Brazil); Social classes
Description: "Focusing on the military institutions (army, militia, and National Guard) of Bahia, Brazil, this book analyses the region's transition from Portuguese colony to province of the Brazilian Empire. It examines the social, racial, and cultural dimensions of post-independence state-building in one of the principal slave plantation regions of the Americas."--BOOK JACKET.