The tribute of blood: army, honor, race, and nation in Brazil, 1864-1945

Introduction: Soldiers of Misfortune, Soldiers by Lot -- I Impressment, Penal Transportation, Defense, and Politics, 1549-1905 -- 1. "Nabbing Time": The Heritage of Portugal's Gunpowder Empire, 1549-1864 -- 2. Raising the "Pagan Rabble": Wartime Impressment and the Crisis of...

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Main Author: Beattie, Peter M. 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC Duke University Press 2001
Series:Latin America otherwise
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Summary:Introduction: Soldiers of Misfortune, Soldiers by Lot -- I Impressment, Penal Transportation, Defense, and Politics, 1549-1905 -- 1. "Nabbing Time": The Heritage of Portugal's Gunpowder Empire, 1549-1864 -- 2. Raising the "Pagan Rabble": Wartime Impressment and the Crisis of Traditional Recruitment, 1864-1870 -- 3. The "Law of the Minotaur"? Postwar Reformism and the Recruitment Law, 1870-1874 -- 4. Whipping a Dead Letter: The 1874 Recruitment Law under the Empire, 1874-1889 -- 5. "And One Calls This Misery a Republic?": The 1874 Recruitment Law under the Early Republic, 1889-1905 -- II Soldiers, Their Lives, and the Army's Institutional Roles, 1850-1916 -- 6. The Troop Trade and the Army as a Protopenal Institution in the Age of Impressment, 1850-1916 -- 7. Brazilian Soldiers and Enlisted Service in the Age of Impressment, 1870-1916 -- 8. Days of Cachaca, Sodomy, and the Lash: Army Crime and Punishment in the Age of Impressment, 1870-1916 -- III Implementing Conscription and Reorienting the Army's Role, 1906-1945 -- 9. "Tightening Screw" or "Admirable Filter"?: The 1908 Obligatory Military Service Law, 1906-1916 -- 10. Making the Barracks a "House" and the Army a "Family": Assessing the Conscription Lottery, 1916-1945 -- Conclusions: Army, Masculine Honor, Race, and Nation -- Appendix A: Military Crime Data -- Appendix B: Army Recruitment Data -- Appendix C: Populations of Public Disciplining Institutions -- Notes -- Glossary of Portuguese Terms
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-374) and index
Physical Description:xxiv, 390 p 24 cm
ISBN:9780822381105
0822381109

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