1. Salvador: Race and Class in a Colonial Brazilian City 2. Army Officers: The Alliance of State and Planters 3. Slaves or Soldiers? The Recruitment and Discipline of Enlisted Men 4. Militia Officers: The Intersection of Race and Class 5. Independence and Its Aftermath 6. Officers: From Bahian to Brazilian 7. Reforming the Rank and File 8. From Militia to National Guard Conclusion Appendix: The Size and Organization of Salvador's Garrison Notes Bibliography Index
Hendrik Kraay is Associate Professor of History at the University of Calgary. He is the editor of Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s-1990s.
"Kraay has taken on large, complicated, intertwined issues seeking to use the military as a vehicle to study race and the formation of Bahia's provincial society in the decades prior to and after Brazilian independence ... [T]his is the best study of the colonial Brazilian military and of its incorporation into the new national army." - Frank D. McCann, Luso-Brazilian Review "Kraay's long-awaited volume is a solid, detailed analysis of military institutions in the Bahia region of northeastern Brazil, both before and after independence." - Choice
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