Politics and Parentela in Paraiba : : A Case Study of Family-Based Oligarchy in Brazil / / Linda Lewin.

This richly documented work focuses on the parentela (extended family), including Epitacio's, to illustrate the role bonds of blood, marriage, and friendship played in formal politics at local, state, and national levels throughout the Old Republic (1889-1930).Originally published in 1987.The P...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1987
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 476
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Physical Description:1 online resource (526 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • LIST OF MAPS AND FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR PHOTOGRAPHS
  • NOTE ON PORTUGUESE USAGE AND STYLE
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: POLITICAL ECONOMY
  • Chapter I. Land and Population
  • Chapter II. The Agrarian Oligarchy and Its Export Economy in an Era of Change, 1889-1922
  • PART TWO. Politics and Parentela
  • Chapter III. The Parentela in Empire and Republic
  • Chapter IV. The Politics of Parentela in the Era of the Oligarchies
  • PART THREE. Oligarchical Politics
  • Chapter V. The Formative Decade: The Republican Nineties
  • Chapter VI. From "Anarchy" to "Order," 1900-1912
  • Chapter VII. The Pessoas in Power: The Years of "Order," 1912-1924
  • Chapter VIII. The Oligarchy Moves toward Crisis, 1924-1930
  • Conclusion: The Demise of Family-Based Politics
  • APPENDIXES
  • GLOSSARY OF PORTUGUESE TERMS
  • GLOSSARY OF BRAZILIAN KINSHIP TERMS
  • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX