Rebellion on the Amazon - The Cabanagem, Race, and Popular Culture in the North of Brazil, 1798-1840 - Bok av Mark (University of St Andrews Harris -
The Brazilian Amazon experienced, in the late 1830s, one of Brazil's largest peasant insurrections, known as the Cabanagem, in which rebels succeeded in controlling provincial government for more than a year. Here, the rebellion is placed in the context of late colonial and early national society and economy.