Publication

2017 - Berghahn Books, Incorporated

Language

English

Word Count

43,750 words, Guess

Page Count

175 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCHD8290.R562 M3813 20

Description

From the middle of the nineteenth century until the 1888 abolition of slavery in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro was home to the largest urban population of enslaved workers anywhere in the Americas. It was also the site of an incipient working-class consciousness that expressed itself across seemingly distinct social categories. In this volume, Marcelo Badaro Mattos demonstrates that these two historical phenomena cannot be understood in isolation. Drawing on a wide range of historical sources, Badaro Mattos reveals the diverse labor arrangements and associative life of Rio's working class, from which emerged the many strategies that workers both free and unfree pursued in their struggles against oppression.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Laborers and Enslaved Workers: Experiences in Common in the Making of Rio de Janeiro's Working Class, 1850-1920Berghahn Books, Incorporated2017-01-01

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!