Backlands : the Canudos Campaign
Cunha, Euclides da, 1866-19092010
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'Backlands' is a translation of Euclide da Cunha's work 'Os Sertoes', a non-fictional account of the War of Canudos in Brazil during the 1890s. The deadliest civil war in Brazilian history, the conflict was between the Brazilian government and a rebellious village of 30,000 Canudos living in the northeastern state of Bahia.
Main title:
Backlands : the Canudos Campaign / Euclides da Cunha.
Edition:
[New ed.]. / translated by Elizabeth Lowe ; introduction by Ilan Stavans.
Imprint:
New York ; London : Penguin, 2010.
Collation:
xl, 513 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the Portuguese.
ISBN:
9780143106074 (pbk)
Dewey class:
981.05
Language:
EnglishPortuguese
BRN:
1431416
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