This book explores the complicated, multi-faceted uprising by analyzing 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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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