The Tribute of Blood: Army, Honor, Race, and Nation in Brazil, 1864–1945Duke University Press, 26 de set. de 2001 - 415 páginas In The Tribute of Blood Peter M. Beattie analyzes the transformation of army recruitment and service in Brazil between 1864 and 1945, using this history of common soldiers to examine nation building and the social history of Latin America’s largest nation. Tracing the army’s reliance on coercive recruitment to fill its lower ranks, Beattie shows how enlisted service became associated with criminality, perversion, and dishonor, as nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Brazilian officials rounded up the “dishonorable” poor—including petty criminals, vagrants, and “sodomites”—and forced them to serve as soldiers. Beattie looks through sociological, anthropological, and historical lenses to analyze archival sources such as court-martial cases, parliamentary debates, published reports, and the memoirs and correspondence of soldiers and officers. Combining these materials with a colorful array of less traditional sources—such as song lyrics, slang, grammatical evidence, and tattoo analysis—he reveals how the need to reform military recruitment with a conscription lottery became increasingly apparent in the wake of the Paraguayan War of 1865–1870 and again during World War I. Because this crucial reform required more than changing the army’s institutional roles and the conditions of service, The Tribute of Blood is ultimately the story of how entrenched conceptions of manhood, honor, race, citizenship, and nation were transformed throughout Brazil. Those interested in social, military, and South American history, state building and national identity, and the sociology of the poor will be enriched by this pathbreaking study. |
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Soldiers of Misfortune Soldiers by Lot | 1 |
I Impressment Penal Transportation Defense and Politics 15491905 | 15 |
II Soldiers Their Lives and the Armys Institutional Roles18501916 | 123 |
III Implementing Conscription and Reorienting the Armys Role 19061945 | 205 |
Army Masculine Honor Race and Nation | 268 |
Military Crime Data | 285 |
Army Recruitment Data | 291 |
Populations of Public Disciplining Institutions | 295 |
Notes | 297 |
Glossary of Portuguese Terms | 345 |
Bibliography | 349 |
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