Backlands: the Canudos Campaign
2010; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 48; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.48-1049
ISSN1943-5975
AutoresEuclydes da Cunha, Elizabeth Lowe, Ilán Stavans,
Tópico(s)Caribbean history, culture, and politics
ResumoBacklands is a translation of Euclide da Cunha's work Os Sertoes, a non-fictional account of the War of Canudos in Brazil during the 1890s. The deadliest civil war in Brazilian history, the conflict was between the Brazilian government and a rebellious village of 30,000 Canudos living in the northeastern state of Bahia, led by Antonio Conselheiro, a religious zealot. Far from being simply an objective journalistic account, Da Cunha's story shows both the significance of this event and the complexities of Brazilian society.
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