The Unpast: Elite Violence and Social Control in Brazil, 1954-2000 Volume 44

by R.S. Rose

Portuguese and Brazilian slave-traders shipped at least four million slaves to Brazil--in contrast to the five hundred thousand slaves that English vessels brought to the Americas. Controlling the vast number of slaves in Brazil became of primary importance. The Unpast: Elite Violence and Social Control in Brazil, 1954-2000 documents the ways in which the brutal methods used on plantations led directly to the phenomenon of Brazilian death...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896802434
• ISBN13: 9780896802438
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 8.5"