Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index.
Contents
The world turned upside down : the origins of the Canudos, Contestado, and Juazeiro movements -- The Povo make a saint -- The Coronel and the Beato -- "Work like you're going to live forever, pray like you're going to die today" -- Pedro Batista "moves on" and the king -- Attempts to claim the throne -- A romaria se acabou/The romaria is over -- Constituting the romeiros into "traditional" folk -- Millenarianism, state formation, and resistance.