Quebra-Quilos and Peasant Resistance

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.

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