Early Brazil: A Documentary Collection to 1700

ISBN-13: 9780521198332 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 346 str.

Stuart B. Schwartz

Opis

Presents original sources that illustrate the process of conquest, colonization, and settlement in Brazil.

Recenzje

'This collection of documents - many of which are being published in English translation for the first time - opens up the study of early Brazilian history to students and scholars. It will allow Brazil to be much more widely included in comparative discussions of institutional, economic, and religious histories of Latin America.' Alida C. Metcalf, Rice University

Spis treści

1. The 'discovery' and first encounters with Brazil; 2. The donatarial system; 3. Royal government; 4. The French interlude; 5. Indians, Jesuits, and colonizers; 6. The world of the engenhos; 7. Government and society in Dutch Brazil; 8. Burdens of slavery and race: the war against Palmares; 9. Public and private power; 10. Religion and society; 11. Frontiers.