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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.
Contents
Chapter 1 LIST OF MAPS Chapter 2 PREFACE Chapter 3 NOTE ON CURRENCY Chapter 4 INTRODUCTION Chapter 5 CHAPTER 1: TIPPING THE SCALES Chapter 6 CHAPTER 2: ECONOMIC COLLAPSE Chapter 7 CHAPTER 3: ROLE OF RELIGION Chapter 8 CHAPTER 4: LAW OF RECRUITMENT Chapter 9 CHAPTER 5: MODERNIZATION Chapter 10 CHAPTER 6: REPRESSION Chapter 11 CONCLUSION Chapter 12 NOTES Chapter 13 BIBLIOGRAPHY Chapter 14 INDEX
