The Revolt of the Whip [[electronic resource] /] / Joseph L. Love
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| Autore: |
Love Joseph LeRoy
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| Titolo: |
The Revolt of the Whip [[electronic resource] /] / Joseph L. Love
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| Pubblicazione: | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 981/.05 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sailors, Black - Brazil - History |
| Naval discipline - Brazil - History | |
| Race discrimination - Brazil - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Brazil History Naval Revolt, 1910 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The marvelous city and the new navy -- The rebellion and its resolution -- The leaders and their motives -- The second revolt and its consequences -- Past and present. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This short book brings to life a unique and spectacular set of events in Latin American history. In November 1910, shortly after the inauguration of Brazilian President Hermes da Fonseca, ordinary sailors killed several officers and seized control of major new combat vessels, including two of the most powerful battleships ever produced, and commenced bombing Rio de Janeiro. The mutineers, led by an Afro-Brazilian and mostly black themselves, demanded greater rights-above all the abolition of flogging in the Brazilian navy, the last Western navy to tolerate it. This form of torture was clo |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Revolt of the Whip |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-8369-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791966203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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