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Contents: v. 1. 1st-2nd Congress, 1789-1793.--v. 2. 3rd-4th Congress, 1793-1797.--v. 3. 5th-6th Congress, 1797-1801.--v. 4. 7th-8th Congress, 1st sess. 1801-1804.--v. 5. 8th Congress, 2d sess.; 9th Congress, 1804-1807.--v. 6. 10th Congress, 1807-1809.--v. 7. 11th Congress, 1809-1811.--v. 8. 12th Congress, 1811-1813.--v. 9. 13th Congress, 1813-1815.--v. [10-11]. 14th Congress, 1815-1817.
This volume examines the experiences of São Paulo’s working class during Brazil’s Old Republic (1891–1930), showing how individuals and families adapted to forces and events such as urbanization, discrimination, migration, and World War I. In this unique study, Ball combines social and economic methods to present a robust historical analysis of everyday life along racial, ethnic, national, and gender lines. Drawing from both statistical data and primary sources such as letters, newspapers, and interview transcripts, Ball demonstrates how the nation’s coffee boom drew immigrants from Italy, Portugal, Germany, Lebanon, and northeastern Brazil. She examines the ways these workers respo...