The Tribute of Blood: Army, Honor, Race, and Nation in Brazil, 1864–1945

Peter M. Beattie

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The Tribute of Blood

Army, Honor, Race, and Nation in Brazil, 1864–1945

Peter M. Beattie
Edited by: Walter D. Mignolo , Irene Silverblatt and Sonia Saldívar-Hull

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2001

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Latin America otherwise : languages, empires, nations

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Argues that the reform of military recruitment in Brazil had a profound impact, second only to the abolition of slavery, on institutions of social discipline and the lives of the poor.

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Peter M. Beattie is Assistant Professor of History at Michigan State University.

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“A marvelous and broadly conceived study of great sweep, impressive documentation, and original insight. Beattie shows us how an imaginative study of the military can greatly illuminate issues of masculinity, nationalism, race, social control, and bondage. Its attention to comparative history, its focus on explaining change, and the care and grace of its writing make it something of a model of what institutional histories can achieve.”—James C. Scott, Yale University

“This is the most original work on Brazilian social history by a U.S. scholar in the last fifteen years. Events and issues become newly understandable in Peter M. Beattie’s presentation of military recruitment as a direct measure of state-building in Brazil.”—Dain Borges, University of California, San Diego

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
About the Series Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Author’s Note Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Abbreviations and Acronyms Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
Introduction: Soldiers of Misfortune, Soldiers by Lot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
I Impressment, Penal Transportation, Defense, and Politics, 1549–1905
1. ‘‘Nabbing Time’’: The Heritage of Portugal’s Gunpowder Empire, 1549–1864 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	17
2. Raising the ‘‘Pagan Rabble’’: Wartime Impressment and the Crisis of Traditional Recruitment, 1864–1870 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	38
3. The ‘‘Law of the Minotaur’’? Postwar Reformism and the Recruitment Law, 1870–1874 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	64
4. Whipping a Dead Letter: The 1874 Recruitment Law under the Empire, 1874–1889 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	81
5. ‘‘And One Calls This Misery a Republic?’’: The 1874 Recruitment Law under the Early Republic, 1889–1905 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
II Soldiers, Their Lives, and the Army’s Institutional Roles, 1850–1916
6. The Troop Trade and the Army as a Protopenal Institution in the Age of Impressment, 1850–1916 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	125
7. Brazilian Soldiers and Enlisted Service in the Age of Impressment, 1870–1916 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	152
8. Days of Cachaça, Sodomy, and the Lash: Army Crime and Punishment in the Age of Impressment, 1870–1916 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
III Implementing Conscription and Reorienting the Army’s Role, 1906–1945
9. ‘‘Tightening Screw’’ or ‘‘Admirable Filter’’?: The 1908 Obligatory Military Service Law, 1906–1916 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
10. Making the Barracks a ‘‘House’’ and the Army a ‘‘Family’’: Assessing the Conscription Lottery, 1916–1945 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	238
Conclusions: Army, Masculine Honor, Race, and Nation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	268
Appendix A: Military Crime Data Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
Appendix B: Army Recruitment Data Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	291
Appendix C: Populations of Public Disciplining Institutions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	295
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	297
Glossary of Portuguese Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	345
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	349
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	375

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September 26, 2001

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9780822381105

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416

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15 b&w photos, 8 tables, 1 map

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