The Party of Order: The Conservatives, the State, and Slavery in the Brazilian Monarchy, 1831-1871 Increasingly, the emperor and his cabinets used state patronage and state authority to dominate politics. After the monarch himself assumed power, however, his views undercut parliamentary and party government, which were also sapped by re
| TITLE | : | The Party of Order: The Conservatives, the State, and Slavery in the Brazilian Monarchy, 1831-1871 |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.52 (371 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0804753695 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 480 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2006-08-11 |
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This study analyzes Brazil's monarchy, which adapted European ideas and practices to a creole plantation society that was traditionally based on African slavery. It focuses upon the Conservatives, who represented the sugar and coffee elites in reconstructing the new nation's state as a strong, representative, constitutional monarchy in troubled times. After the monarch himself assumed power, however, his views undercut parliamentary and party government, which were also sapped by regional differences and the pressure for state patronage. Increasingly, the emperor and his cabinets used state patronage and state authority to dominate politics. When the emperor decided upon gradualist abolition, Conservatives were unable to defeat it, despite its unconstitutional origin and imposition and its threat to the society and economy they represented. The legacy of an authoritarian, centralized pol
EDITORIAL :
"Needell's monumental work on Brazil's second empire makes a major contribution to our understanding of the monarchy, slavery, imperial politics and the importance of ideology in Brazilian history. The product of many years of painstaking research, the book fills the longstanding need for a sophisticated political and ideological history of the period—a subject that languished too long in relative neglect. Needell has succeeded in bringing the world of imperial politicians to us in its many complexities. His judgments are sober and balanced, his analyses persuasive, and his extensive documentation a rich mine for further research. In sheer scope his examination of powerful political families, their kinship and clientage networks, and their roles in the history of parties and parliament makes this a foundational work for all subsequent scholarship on Brazil."—Conference on Lat
REVIEW :
love, love, love this book great reference book.. 67)
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