The practice of politics in postcolonial Brazil : Porto Alegre, 1845-1895 /
Roger A. Kittleson.
- Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, (c)2006.
- 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Pitt Latin American series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- "Our compatriots are vagrants" : work, morality, and the shaping of a new povo, 1845-1880 -- The immigrant solution and its problems, 1846-1880 -- The politics of everyday life in the city -- Blurring the lines of public politics : abolitionist projects, 1879-1888 -- "A strange vision of popular movement" : the emergence and limits of a new politics -- Conclusion.
"The Practice of Politics in Postcolonial Brazil traces the history of high and low politics in nineteenth-century Brazil from the vantage point of the provincial capital of Porto Alegre. In the immediate postcolonial period, new ideas about citizenship and freedom were developing, and elites struggled for control of the state as the lower classes sought inclusion in political life. The emergent Liberal Party, while initially successful in dismantling Portuguese trade restrictions, later came to be viewed as an elitist group that staved off threats to the systems of slavery, patronage, and the class hierarchy."--Jacket.
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Political participation--History--Brazil--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)--19th century. Social movements--History--Brazil--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)--19th century. Political participation--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)--History--Brazil--19th century. Political participation--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)--History--Brazil--20th century. Social movements--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)--History--Brazil--19th century. Social movements--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)--History--Brazil--20th century.