Balaios e bem-te-vis

"Argues that the Balaiada was not, as it often is portrayed, a race war but instead was a popular, cross-class uprising that opposed a bad government and sought land and 'liberty.' Forced recruiting to put down revolts in other provinces, together with a sharp downturn in economic conditions, touched off the uprising. Focuses on Piauí"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.