Peasant Rebellion in a Slave Society: The Balaiada in Maranho, Brazil, 1800185 [Paperback]

1. From Virgin Forest to the Land of Palms: the Formation of Landscapes? 2.?A Changing Population, 1798-1861? 3.?The Struggle for Soil: Land Appropriation in Nineteenth-Century Maranh?o? 4.?Economy and Society in Maranh?o? 5.?Power structures and politics, 1820-1841? 6. Conclusion

Peasant Rebellion in a Slave Society identifies the immediate and remote reasons for the Balaiada revolt in Maranh?o, Brazil, analyzing the special characteristics of the region that favored the development of a relatively independent peasantry within and around the cotton, rice, cassava and cattle estates.

Praise for the Brazilian edition

A?monumental piece of research and a lasting contribution to historical scholarship. It is indispensable reading to scholars working on the transformations in colonial societies in the early nineteenth century, and particularly to those interested in popular revolts and political engagement by free people of color.

Beatriz G. Mamigonian, The American Historical Review?(2022)

Matthias Assun??o's book is a classic that was first published in German and has been circulating among specialists through English and Portuguese articles for over 20 years before being published in Portuguese in 2018.? The original research, which is absolutely groundbreaking in the field of agrarian history, environmental history and slavery in the 19th century, has opened up new windows of analysis for the political and cultural history of the period, based on social history.? The book in English incorporates much of the new historiography on these topics. The timeliness of the research carried out in the 1980s is absolutely impressive, connecting the past and present of peasant society and culture in Maranh?o. Peasant Rebellion in a Slave Society reveals the connections and contradlCà