Mr. Peabody & Sherman by Erica David

Mr. Peabody & Sherman by Erica David

In The Tribute of Blood Peter M. Beattie analyzes the transformation of army 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. Tracing the army's reliance on coercive recruitment to fill its lower ranks, Beattie shows how enlisted service became associated with criminality, perversion, and dishonor, as nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Brazilian officials rounded up the dishonorable poor--including petty criminals, vagrants, and sodomites--and forced them to serve as soldiers.
Beattie looks through sociological, anthropological, and historical lenses to analyze archival sources such as court-martial cases, parliamentary debates, published reports, and the memoirs and correspondence of soldiers and officers. Combining these materials with a colorful array of less traditional sources--such as song lyrics, slang, grammatical evidence, and tattoo analysis--he reveals how the need to reform military recruitment with a conscription lottery became increasingly apparent in the wake of the Paraguayan War of 1865-1870 and again during World War I. Because this crucial reform required more than changing the army's institutional roles and the conditions of service, The Tribute of Blood is ultimately the story of how entrenched conceptions of manhood, honor, race, citizenship, and nation were transformed throughout Brazil.
Those interested in social, military, and South American history, state building and national identity, and the sociology of the poor will be enriched by this pathbreaking study.

ERICA DAVID was a bit of a Wookiee as a kid--hairy and prone to emit earsplitting sounds without reason. She has since learned to use her inside voice and has authored more than fifty books and comics for young readers, including the Frozen chapter book series Anna & Elsa: Sisterhood Is the Strongest Magic. She graduated from Princeton University in a year that shall remain unnamed and holds an MFA from St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn, where she currently teaches. She has always had an interest in all things magical, fantastical, and frozen, which has led her to work for Nickelodeon, Marvel, and an ice cream parlor, respectively. Erica resides sometimes in New York and sometimes in Philadelphia with a canine familiar named Skylar.

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ISBN 13	9780385371421
ISBN 10	038537142X
Title	Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Author	Erica David
Series	Big Golden Books
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	2014-01-21
Number of pages	48
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.