Political Struggle, Ideology, and State Building
Subtitle: Pernambuco and the Construction of Brazil, 1817-1850
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: July 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780803232471
Subjects: American history; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; South America; Latin America - South America; Modern - 19th Century; Political Ideologies - Nationalism; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism; 19th century; Brazil; History; Pernambuco; Pernambuco (Brazil); Politics and government; Revolutions
Description: "The collapse of the Portuguese empire in the Americas in the early nineteenth century did not immediately or easily translate into the formation of the independent nation-state of Brazil. While "Brazil" had geographic meaning, it did not constitute a cohesive political identity that could draw on basic loyalties. The tumultuous struggle to nationhood in Brazil was marked by the interplay of differing social groups, political parties, and regions. A series of violent revolts in Pernambuco, a large slaveholding, sugar-producing province in northeastern Brazil, exposed the tensions accompanying state and nation building." "Political Struggle, Ideology, and State Building delves into the complex and engaging history of the contested province of Pernambuco, providing better understanding of the interplay between local and provincial social and political struggles and the construction of the nation-state."--BOOK JACKET.