Focusing on the period from 1840 to 1889, the author explores the specific ways in which granting protection, official positions, and other favors in exchange for political and personal loyalty worked to benefit the interests of wealthy Brazilians. The book is based principally on both the official and private correspondence of politicians, judges and bureaucrats, using these materials to look in depth at political practice. "Whatever the outcome of the current crisis of Latin American scholarship, here is one book that will not be swept into the dustbin of historiography ... This is a masterful study: imaginatively conceived, solidly researched, tightly reasoned, clearly and forcefully written. Graham's conclusions will be challenged, but his work will endure."-The American Historical Review.
- ISBN10 0804723362
- ISBN13 9780804723367
- Publish Date 1 August 1994 (first published 1 January 1990)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 15 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Stanford University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 400
- Language English