The end of the peasantry : the rural labor movement in northeast Brazil, 1961-1988 /

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Author / Creator:Pereira, Anthony W.
Imprint:Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1997.
Description:xxi, 232 p. ; maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Pitt Latin American series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3096962
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ISBN:0822939649 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0822956187 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. The Awakening of the Unions. 1. From Peasant Leagues to Unions in Rural Brazil. 2. The Past as Prologue
  • Pt. II. Explaining the New Rural Labor Movement. 3. Structural Change and Conservative Modernization. 4. The Regulation of Conflict
  • Pt. III. The Unions in the New Republic. 5. Sons of Cane: Leadership Dilemmas Within the Unions. 6. Sugar with the Taste of Blood: Landlord Violence. 7. The Candidates: The Unions and Political Parties. 8. The Struggle for Heaven on Earth: Unions and Agrarian Reform. 9. Conclusion: The End of the Peasantry.