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One of the Forgotten Things Getúlio Vargas and Brazilian Social Control, 1930-1954

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R. S. Rose

Book Code: GM1358

ISBN: 0-313-31358-X

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31358-5

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256 pages, figures, photos, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 6/30/2000

List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Latin American Studies

Series Number: 15

Endorsement From John W.F. Dulles
Professor
University of Texas, Austin: The dark side of the Vargas years is unlikely to be a forgotten thing for those who become acquainted with appalling episodes revealed in this latest example of the excellent research of R.S. Rose.

Description: An examination of the long-ignored vicious side to the legend of Brazilian President Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, this is the tale uncovered by the first civilian to spend months in the secret police archives of Rio de Janeiro. Rose has utilized new eyewitness testimony and insider information in offering explanations to several events that proved pivotal in Brazil during the 1930s and 1940s. During Vargas's tenure, the quality and quantity of human rights abuses reached unprecedented heights. Violence, as a means of coercing the public, was evident in all sectors of the security apparatus. Several tools of torture developed during the hunt for communists are still in use today. Almost by definition, politicians have to offer a semblance of providing something for each different sector of society. Vargas was better at this than his predecessors in that with ease he proudly wore the various vestments of dictator, fascist, democrat, and populist as necessary. For the poor, he was the paternalistic benefactor; for the middle class, he was the one who brought stability; and for the wealthy, he supported the status quo. This ability to juggle forces and interests was grounded in his security apparatus. Beginning with the unsuccessful Communist Revolution of 1935, the nation's police forces redefined and in some cases reinvented the torture that had occurred in Brazil from colonial times onward. The harshness of their methods was matched only by the ardor of their example for coming generations.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
The Road to Power
Head of the Provisional Government
"President"
Estado Novo
No Comebacks
Epilogue
Appendix
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 99-088457

LCC Class: F2538

Dewey Class: 981


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