Book
Village and plantation life in northeastern Brazil
University of Washington Press • Seattle • Published In 1957 • Pages:
By: Hutchinson, Harry William.
Abstract
This source is a socio-cultural analysis of the community of Vila Recôncavo in the sugar-producing region of the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil, presented in the perspective of the long historical tradition of sugar-cane growing in the region. The author indicates how the abolition of slavery, the socio-political changes in colonial government in the 19th century and the eventual introduction of steam power enabling the development of large, centralized sugar mills, all led to important changes in the pattern of life in the area which had been previously based on sugar monoculture. These emergent socio-cultural patterns are the basic theme of this source and are discussed in terms of such current trends as the increased importance of the corporate owned sugar-processing factory (the USINA), the dissemination of national patterns, the beginning of the petroleum industry and the competition of sugar-cane growing with cacao planting. Town and plantation life are analyzed separately but the interrelationships between the two are also discussed in the chapters on class and race, the family and religion.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Eastern South America
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1969-1970
- Field Date
- 1950-1951
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Vila Recôncavo, State of Bahia, Brazil
- Notes
- Harry William Hutchinson
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCN
- 57008753
- LCSH
- Bahia (Brazil : State)