Table of Contents

1. Salvador: Race and Class in a Colonial Brazilian City 2. Army Officers: The Alliance of State and Planters 3. Slaves or Soldiers? The Recruitment and Discipline of Enlisted Men 4. Militia Officers: The Intersection of Race and Class 5. Independence and Its Aftermath 6. Officers: From Bahian to Brazilian 7. Reforming the Rank and File 8. From Militia to National Guard Conclusion Appendix: The Size and Organization of Salvador's Garrison Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Hendrik Kraay is Associate Professor of History at the University of Calgary. He is the editor of Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s-1990s.

Reviews

"Kraay has taken on large, complicated, intertwined issues seeking to use the military as a vehicle to study race and the formation of Bahia's provincial society in the decades prior to and after Brazilian independence ... [T]his is the best study of the colonial Brazilian military and of its incorporation into the new national army." - Frank D. McCann, Luso-Brazilian Review "Kraay's long-awaited volume is a solid, detailed analysis of military institutions in the Bahia region of northeastern Brazil, both before and after independence." - Choice