The Prestes column an interior history of modern Brazil Interior history of modern Brazil Blanc, Jacob creator author. text bibliography History. ncu 2024 monographic eng print xi, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm "In The Prestes Column, Jacob Blanc offers a new interpretation of the legendary rebellion, in which a band of rebel officers and soldiers marched 15,000 miles through the vast interior regions of Brazil between 1924 and 1927. Blanc's analysis of the Prestes Column is a showcase of what he calls "interior history." At a pivotal moment in national politics, the long march of the column came to embody the constructed duality of Brazil's interior: a space that was seen by coastal elites as simultaneously backwards-in relation to the more modern coast-and dormant, an expanse of untapped potential waiting to be brought into the nation. Drawing on a range of materials, from officers' memoirs and local eye-witness accounts to physical memorials and government archives, Blanc's framework of interior history helps explain the column's initial rise to fame and also its enduring legacy across the twentieth century, offering a new approach for the study of space and nation"-- Rebellion and the Backlands -- The Accidental March -- Bandeirantes of Freedom -- Competing Visions of the Sertão -- Bandeirantes in Bahia -- Mapping a Myth -- Constructing the Knight of Hope -- Political Conflict and the Spatial Legacies of Tenentismo -- Visions of the Future: Culture and Commemoration -- Memory Battles at the Turn of the Century -- Memory Sites in the Interior. Jacob Blanc. Includes bibliographical references and index. s-bl--- Prestes, Luís Carlos 1898-1990 Coluna Prestes (Revolutionary movement) History Prestes, Luís Carlos 1898-1990 Coluna Prestes (Revolutionary movement) Brazil History 1889-1930 Brazil Politics and government 1922-1930 Brésil Histoire 1889-1930 Brésil Politique et gouvernement 1922-1930 HISTORY / Latin America / South America Politics and government Brazil 1889-1930 fast F2537 .B536 2024 981/.05 HIS033000 Prestes column Blanc, Jacob Durham : Duke University Press, 2024 (DLC) 2023020178 9781478025825 9781478030089 1478030089 1478025824 9781478059080 9781478091721 2023020177 pda,print NcD/DLC 230901 20250318223613.6 in00005464594 eng