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Punishment in Paradise: Race, Slavery, Human Rights, and a Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Penal Colony Peter M. Beattie
Punishment in Paradise: Race, Slavery, Human Rights, and a Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Penal Colony
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.
352 pages, 8 illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 7, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780822358305 |
| Publishers | Duke University Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 230 × 183 × 20 mm · 510 g |
| Language | English |