Title Amazonian routes : Indigenous mobility and colonial communities in northern Brazil / Heather F. Roller

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents From missions to towns : Amazonian settlements in an era of reform -- Forest collecting expeditions and the pursuit of opportunities in the sertão -- Searching for new people -- "The Indians of this town ebb and flow" : absentee movements within the colonial sphere -- Defining Indians and vagrants -- The struggle for autonomy in the early nineteenth century -- Conclusion : mobile and rooted Summary This text reconstructs the world of eighteenth-century Amazonia to argue that Indigenous mobility did not undermine settlement or community. In doing so, it revises longstanding views of native Amazonians as perpetual wanderers, lacking attachment to place and likely to flee at the slightest provocation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Indians of South America -- Amazon River Region -- History -- 18th century Indians of South America -- Brazil, North -- History -- 18th century Migration, Internal -- Amazon River Region -- History -- 18th century Migration, Internal -- Brazil, North -- History -- 18th century Village communities -- Amazon River Region -- History -- 18th century Village communities -- Brazil, North -- History -- 18th century Population geography -- Amazon River Region -- History -- 18th century Population geography -- Brazil, North -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. Indians of South America Migration, Internal Population geography Village communities Amazon River Region North Brazil Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780804792127 0804792127

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