Bøker av Peter M. Beattie

Peter M. Beattie provides a detailed examination of the nineteenth-century Brazilian island penal colony Fernando de Noronha, in which he shows how it serves as a metaphor for Brazilian society and was key to Brazil's abolishment of slavery.

Analyses the transformation of army [enlisted] recruitment and service in Brazil between 1864 and 1945, using this history of common soldiers to examine nation building and the social history of Latin America's largest nation.