Article: Political Struggle, Ideology, and State Building: Pernambuco and the Construction of Brazil, 1817-1850

Political Struggle, Ideology, and State Building: Pernambuco and the Construction of Brazil, 1817-1850. By Jeffrey C. Mosher. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Pp. xi, 344. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $50.00 cloth.

Jeffrey C. Mosher provides a new, syndietic interpretation of what was likely Brazil's most quarrelsome province during the so-called cycle of liberal revolts from 1817 to 1850. Pernambucans undertook numerous uprisings, which drew inspiration from ideas and policies that spanned from the left to the right ends of the political spectrum, in the years leading up to and following Brazil's independence in 1822. The study builds on Marcus J. M. de Carvalho's Ph.D. ...

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