In 1874 and 1875, Brazilian peasants in the Northeastern region of
Brazil rose up in rebellion, destroying the weights and measures of
the new metric system implemented by the government from Rio de
Janeiro. The authorities quickly dubbed this the Quebra-Quilos or the
'Break the Scales' uprising. Richardson's analysis of the uprising
explores its underlying causes: increased taxes, rising costs of
foodstuffs, the forced implementation of this new metric system, fear
of being drafted into the military and, finally, the imprisonment of
two of the leading bishops in Brazil, known as the Religious Question.
Quebra-Quilos and Peasant Resistance explores the complicated,
multi-faceted uprising. The book covers the causes and results of an
economy gone awry, governmental attempts at modernization, and the
inevitable nineteenth-century conflicts over church-state relations.
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ISBN
9780761853060
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
UPA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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