End Of The Peasantry: The Rural Labor Movement in Northeast Brazil, 1961-1988

by Anthony W. Pereira

Book Overview

The rural labor movement played a surprisingly active role in Brazil's transition to democracy in the 1980s. While in most Latin American countries rural labor was conspicuously marginal, in Brazil, an expanded, secularized, and centralized movement organized strikes, staged demonstrations for land reform, demanded political liberalization, and criticized the government\u2019s environmental policies. In this ground-breaking book, Anthony W. Pereira...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822956187
• ISBN13: 9780822956181
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"