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Joao Capistrano de Abreu was a Brazilian historian whose work continues to shape our understanding of Brazilian colonial history today. This work is Capistrano de Abreu's single integrated attempt to lay out the history of Brazil. This new translation includes an introduction by Stuart Schwartz and a preface by Fernando Novais.
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"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews
"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal
"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews
"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal
"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews
"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal
"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews
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"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal
"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews
"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal
"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews
"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal
"A surprisingly fresh and acerbic review of Brazil's early history."--Kirkus Reviews
"De Abreu's eye for the telling detail and ability to keep the sweep of history present in the readers mind has a symphonic effect."--The Wall Street Journal
About the Author: Joao Capistrano De Abreu was one of Brazil's greatest historians. About the Translator: Arthur Brakel is the translator of Cyro DosAnjos's Diary of a Civil Servant and Joao Reis's Slave Rebellion in Brazil. He resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan. About the Editors: Stuart B. Schwartz is George Burton Professor of History at Yale University. Fernando Novais is a Brazilian scholar currently teaching at the University of Campinas, Brazil.
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- PublisherOxford University Press Inc
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0195103017
- ISBN 13 9780195103014
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages270
- EditorSchwartz Stuart B., Novais Fernando A.
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