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Power and the Ruling Classes in Northeast Brazil - Juazeiro and Petrolina in Transition (Hardcover, New)
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Power and the Ruling Classes in Northeast Brazil - Juazeiro and Petrolina in Transition (Hardcover, New)
Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies
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This case study of the structure of power and ruling-class
domination in the heart of the sertao of Northeast Brazil is based
upon six field trips over a period of fifteen years. Analysis of
the political economy of Juazeiro, Bahia, and Petrolina, Pernambuco
- two contiguous towns along the Sao Francisco River - focuses on
the history of patriarchal families, ruling class, and patrimonial
governments. Family dominance is related to the rise of the Coelhos
in Petrolina and the decline of the Vianas in Juazeiro. Agressive
tactics and links to Recife allowed the Coelhos to expand and
assume control over most commerce in Petrolina and neighbouring
municipalities to Juazeiro. In both situations the intervention of
the state in the region, usually bolstered by international
credits, affected traditional standards of living. The construction
of the Sobradinho Dam, for example, brought problems for small
farmers along the banks of the Sao Francisco who could no longer
count on the natural flow of river water. State policy also favored
corporations to the detriment of small producers on cooperative
farms.
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