Last Abolition - The Brazilian Antislavery Movement, 1868-1888

A new interpretation of Brazilian anti-slavery history, placing Brazil in the global network of nineteenth-century abolitionist activism.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Elite abolitionism; 2. Pro-slavery rhetoric; 3. The moral repertoire of abolitionism; 4. The theatricalization of politics; 5. Expansion; 6. Results-based abolitionism; 7. Votes: A movement/government alliance; 8. Bullets: Movement and countermovement; 9. The march to victory; 10. Future of the preterite; 11. Abolitionism as a social movement.

About the author

Angela Alonso is a Professor of Sociology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil and former Director of the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). The Last Abolition is a translation of Flores, Votos e Balas; o movimento abolicionista brasileiro, 1868–1888 (2015).

Product details

• Authors: Angela Alonso, Angela (Universidade De Sao Paulo) Alonso, Alonso Angela
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781108431477
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43147-7
• No. of pages: 420
• Series: Afro-Latin America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Slavery and abolition of slavery