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Sobral Pinto, "The Conscience of Brazil" : Leading the Attack against Vargas (1930-1945) / John W. F. Dulles.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (413 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292789340
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 981.06/1/092
LOC classification:
  • F2538.P4784.D85 2002eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Advocate of Order during the Old Republic (pre-1930) -- Part II. Critic of Post-1930 Confusion (1931–1935) -- Part III. Opponent of the Post-1935 Repression (1936-1938) -- Part IV. In the Aftermath of the 1938 Uprisings (1938-1941) -- Part V. Dealing with the Economia Popular and Matarazzo (1940–1944) -- Part VI. Giving Attention to International Matters (1942-1943) -- Part VII. Battling Cassiano Ricardo and the DIP(1943-1944) -- Part VIII. Reacting to Catholic Conformity and Coriolano’s Repression (1944-1945) -- Part IX. Emerging as a Hero with Brazil’s Return to Liberties (Early 1945) -- Part X. Participant in Preparations for Elections (June–October 1945) -- Part XI. Declining to Run for Congress and Explaining Vargas’ Fall (October 1945) -- Part XII. Shocked by the Electorate’s Message (December 1945) -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Praised by his admirers as "one of those rare heroic figures out of Plutarch" and as "an intrepid Don Quixote," Brazilian lawyer Heráclito Fontoura Sobral Pinto (1893-1991) was the most consistently forceful opponent of dictator Getúlio Vargas. Through legal cases, activism in Catholic and lawyers' associations, newspaper polemics, and a voluminous correspondence, Sobral Pinto fought for democracy, morality, and justice, particularly for the downtrodden. This book is the first of a projected two-volume biography of Sobral Pinto. Drawing on Sobral's vast correspondence, which was not previously available to researchers, John W. F. Dulles confirms that Sobral Pinto was a true reformer, who had no equal in demonstrating courage and vehemence when facing judges, tribunals, and men in power. He traces the leading role that Sobral played in opposing the Vargas regime from 1930 to 1945 and sheds light on the personalities and activities of powerful figures in the National Security Tribunal, the police, the censorship bureau, and the Catholic Church. In addition to the many details that this volume adds to Brazilian history, it illuminates the character of a man who sacrificed professional advancement and emolument in the interest of fighting for justice and charity. Thus, it will be important reading not only for students of Brazilian history, but also for a wider audience dedicated to the crusade for human rights and political freedom and the reformers who carry on that struggle.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Advocate of Order during the Old Republic (pre-1930) -- Part II. Critic of Post-1930 Confusion (1931–1935) -- Part III. Opponent of the Post-1935 Repression (1936-1938) -- Part IV. In the Aftermath of the 1938 Uprisings (1938-1941) -- Part V. Dealing with the Economia Popular and Matarazzo (1940–1944) -- Part VI. Giving Attention to International Matters (1942-1943) -- Part VII. Battling Cassiano Ricardo and the DIP(1943-1944) -- Part VIII. Reacting to Catholic Conformity and Coriolano’s Repression (1944-1945) -- Part IX. Emerging as a Hero with Brazil’s Return to Liberties (Early 1945) -- Part X. Participant in Preparations for Elections (June–October 1945) -- Part XI. Declining to Run for Congress and Explaining Vargas’ Fall (October 1945) -- Part XII. Shocked by the Electorate’s Message (December 1945) -- Notes -- Index

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Praised by his admirers as "one of those rare heroic figures out of Plutarch" and as "an intrepid Don Quixote," Brazilian lawyer Heráclito Fontoura Sobral Pinto (1893-1991) was the most consistently forceful opponent of dictator Getúlio Vargas. Through legal cases, activism in Catholic and lawyers' associations, newspaper polemics, and a voluminous correspondence, Sobral Pinto fought for democracy, morality, and justice, particularly for the downtrodden. This book is the first of a projected two-volume biography of Sobral Pinto. Drawing on Sobral's vast correspondence, which was not previously available to researchers, John W. F. Dulles confirms that Sobral Pinto was a true reformer, who had no equal in demonstrating courage and vehemence when facing judges, tribunals, and men in power. He traces the leading role that Sobral played in opposing the Vargas regime from 1930 to 1945 and sheds light on the personalities and activities of powerful figures in the National Security Tribunal, the police, the censorship bureau, and the Catholic Church. In addition to the many details that this volume adds to Brazilian history, it illuminates the character of a man who sacrificed professional advancement and emolument in the interest of fighting for justice and charity. Thus, it will be important reading not only for students of Brazilian history, but also for a wider audience dedicated to the crusade for human rights and political freedom and the reformers who carry on that struggle.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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