Slave Rebellion in Brazil: The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia - Rilegato

Reis, Joao Jose

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ISBN 10: 0801844622 ISBN 13: 9780801844621

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1993

Riassunto

Translated from the Portuguese of the original Brazilian edition of 1986. A history of the 1835 African Muslim slave uprising in Salvador, capital of the Brazilian province of Bahia the most important urban slave rebellion in the Americas and the only one in which Islam played a major role. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Recensione:

"In the course of explaining the causes and context of the uprising, Reis provides a fascinating social history of urban life and the African community in a city that was (and is) one of the most important centers of African culture in the Americas." -- Barbara Weinstein, American Historical Review

"[A] fine English translation... It is 'local history' at its best -- superior scholarship enriched by Joao Jose Reis's familiarity with the Brazilian documentation... The arguments advanced concerning the construction of ethnicity and how it shaped the rebel conspiracy make this book a significant contribution to Brazilian history and to the literature on African culture as it evolved in the diaspora of slavery in the Americas." -- Catherine Lugar, History

"Slave Rebellion in Brazil is, in sum, a superb example of the very best recent Brazilian scholarship on slavery. Uniting careful research with a sophisticated treatment of issues related to race, ethnicity, religion, class, and collective action, it deserves attention not only among scholars interested in New World slavery, but also from an even wider audience." -- B. J. Barickman, The Americas

"First-rate history." -- Book Notes

L'autore:

Joao Jose Reis teaches at the Federal University of Bahia and has been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan. Arthur Brakel is a freelance writer and translator.

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0801844622
• ISBN 13: 9780801844621
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 281