An edition of The Party of Order (2006)
The Party of Order
The Conservatives, the State, and Slavery in the Brazilian Monarchy, 1831-1871
By Jeffrey Needell
Publish Date
August 11, 2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Language
eng
Pages
480
Description:
"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-state as a strong, representative, constitutional monarchy in troubled times. This book dramatically revises notions of the monarchy in terms of the social and ideological origins and nature of the Brazilian state, the role of the monarch, and the range and complexity of elite politics in the era."--Jacket.