John M Monteiro

Blacks of the Land

Indian Slavery, Settler Society, and the Portuguese Colonial Enterprise in South America
Herausgeber: Woodard, James; Weinstein, Barbara / Übersetzer: Woodard, James; Weinstein, Barbara

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first English translation of the field-defining work in Brazilian studies ethnohistory by the late John M. Monteiro.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 236mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781107114678
• ISBN-10: 1107114675
• Artikelnr.: 52527483

Autorenporträt

John M. Monteiro was a professor in the Department of Anthropology of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas and the director of the same university's Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. He also held visiting positions at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the University of Michigan, and Harvard University, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Blacks of the land: preface and acknowledgments
1. The transformation of indigenous São Paulo in the sixteenth century
2. Backcountry incursions and the expansion of the labour force
3. The granary of Brazil
4. The regime of personal service
5. Masters and Indians
6. The roots of rural poverty
7. The final years of Indian slavery
Afterword.