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Punishment in Paradise
Race, Slavery, Human Rights, and a Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Penal Colony
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English
Published/Copyright:
2015
About this book
Peter M. Beattie provides a detailed examination of the nineteenth-century Brazilian island penal colony Fernando de Noronha, in which he shows how it serves as a metaphor for Brazilian society and was key to Brazil's abolishment of slavery.
Author / Editor information
Peter M. Beattie is Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University. He is the author of The Tribute of Blood: Army, Honor, Race, and Nation in Brazil 1864-1945, also published by Duke University Press, and he has served as coeditor of the Luso Brazilian Review for the areas of history and social science since 2004.
Reviews
"Beattie’s account of the events on Fernando and its various classes of inmates and other inhabitants is extremely rich in detail and a good read from beginning to end."
-- Pieter Spierenburg British Journal of Criminology
"As a way to reflect on Brazil as a whole at the time, as well as on penology, gender, slavery, and human rights in the greater Atlantic world, Fernando de Noronha’s history magnifies some points and either distorts or omits others. But Beattie’s approach shows how this unique setting can inform a varied range of larger issues."
-- Thomas H. Holloway Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"This work is a valuable tool for graduate teaching in Brazilian, Latin American, or African diaspora history, and it is essential reading for scholars of the Atlantic world."
-- Zachary R. Morgan American Historical Review
"The originality of this volume lies in this broad approach and its capacity to cut across the boundaries of various sub-disciplines.... The volume is well written and has a clear structure, the documentary basis rich and varied and its interpretations convincing."
-- Christian G. de Vito Journal of Latin American Studies
"Peter Beattie has produced a multi-faceted and insightful study, a prime example of how to study Brazil’s popular classes as both a coherent and a multi-faceted group.... [A] balanced and well-written book, one crowned by a handful of brilliant concepts that will raise the bar for future studies of popular groups in Brazil’s long nineteenth century."
-- Oscar de la Torre Canadian Journal of History
"Punishment in Paradise unearths new and unique archival material, engages with a wide breadth of scholarship, and is deftly written. It will be essential reading for scholars of Brazil, slavery, and coerced labor in the Atlantic World as well as scholars interested in the intersections of masculinity, sexuality, criminality, and human rights."
-- Lena Suk Labor
"Punishment in Paradise will be essential reading for scholars and legal practitioners interested in understanding the criminal law and penal practice and its embeddedness in a long history of labor appropriation. It should attract a broad readership, including those interested in Brazilian history, the transatlantic nineteenth century, slavery and abolition, and the history of crime and punishment. This book should make its way onto syllabi for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of crime and justice; the history of gender and sexuality; and the social history of Brazil, Latin America, and the Atlantic world generally."
-- Amy Chazkel H-Law, H-Net Reviews
"Punishment in Paradise provides much food for thought and invitation to debate. Like The Tribute of Blood, it should shape syllabi and research agendas for years to come."
-- Marc A. Hertzman Luso-Brazilian Review
"Beattie illuminate[s] themes that have been largely overlooked or neglected in national historiographies."
-- Evan C. Rothera European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
"Peter Beattie has crafted a thoughtfully researched sociolegal history. Punishment in Paradise will be essential reading for scholars and students of crime, punishment, and justice in addition to labor regimes within the transatlantic nineteenth century. It should also attract a broad readership, including those interested in Brazilian history as well as slavery and abolition."
-- Manuella Meyer Hispanic American Historical Review
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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introduction
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1. getting to know “fernando”
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2. “the key to the americas”?
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3. fernando de noronha’s “dark twins”
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4. “brothers of the peak”
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5. the jealous institution and brazilian penology
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6. “a stench in the nostrils of god”?
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7. crime, conflict, corruption, and cooperation on an atlantic frontier
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8. the treatment and categorization of slave convicts in a penal archipelago
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9. of captivity and incarceration
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conclusion
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appendix
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abbreviations
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notes
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bibliography
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Index
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April 20, 2015
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9780822375890
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352
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8 illustrations
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9780822375890
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