| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 236 pages) |
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Library of Latin America |
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Library of Latin America.
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| Contents |
Series Editors' General Introduction; Preface; A House Built on Sand: Capistrano de Abreu and the History of Brazil; 1. Indigenous Antecedents; 2. Exotic Elements; 3. The Discoverers; 4. The First Conflicts; 5. Hereditary Captaincies; 6. Crown Captaincies; 7. Frenchmen and Spaniards; 8. Fighting the Dutch; 9. The Backlands; 10. Setting Boundaries; 11. Three Centuries Later; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In Chapters in Brazil's Colonial History, Capistrano de Abreu created an integrated history of Brazil in a landmark work of scholarship that is also a literary masterpiece. Abreu offers a startlingly modern analysis of the past, based on the role of the economy, settlement, and the occupation of the interior. In these pages, he combines sharp portraits of dramatic events--close fought battles against Dutch occupation in the 1650s, Indian resistance to often brutal internal expansion--with insightful social history. A master of Brazil's ethnographic landscape, he provides detailed sketches of d |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Translated from the Portuguese |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
15.85 history of America.
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HISTORY.
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Koloniale periode.
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História do brasil.
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Período colonial (1500-1822)
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| SUBJECT |
Brazil -- History -- To 1822.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016549
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| Subject |
Brazil
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Brasilien
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brakel, Arthur.
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| ISBN |
9780198026310 |
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0198026315 |
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