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Author McCreery, David

Title Frontier Goiás, 1822-1889
Published Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (307 pages)
Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- State Structure -- State Power -- Industry, Commerce, and Communications -- Agriculture and Food Supply -- Stock Raising -- Land -- Work -- Conclusions -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Examines the development of the state, the nation, and the economy on the far western frontier of Brazil during the period of the Brazilian Empire. This book argues that the province of Goias, although physically in the center of Brazil, was effectively the far edge of the Empire, thanks to poverty and poor communications
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-291) and index
Notes English
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Subject Agriculture -- Brazil -- Goiás (State) -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
Agriculture
Economic history
Politics and government
SUBJECT Goiás (Brazil : State) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Goiás (Brazil : State) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Goiás (Brazil : State) -- History -- 19th century
Subject Brazil -- Goiás (State)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006005165
ISBN 9780804767743
0804767742