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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pereira, Anthony W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1997]
Series:Pitt Latin American series.
Subjects:
Labor unions > Agricultural laborers > Brazil, Northeast > History.
Peasants > Brazil, Northeast > History.
Land reform > Brazil, Northeast > History.
Table of Contents:
  • From peasant leagues to unions in rural Brazil
  • The past as prologue
  • Structural change and conservative modernization
  • The regulation of conflict
  • Sons of cane : leadership dilemmas within the unions
  • Sugar with the taste of blood : the state and violence
  • The candidates : the unions and political parties
  • The struggle for heaven and Earth : agrarian reform
  • Conclusion : the end of the peasantry.