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'A comprehensive and absorbing account' Economist Red Gold covers the history of the Brazilian Indians from 1500 to 1760, from the point of first contact through to their conquest by the Portuguese. The first contacts between Europeans and stone-age natives aroused mutual wonder and even admiration. The Indians appeared to the Portuguese as `people good and of pure simplicity' and so the myth of the `noble savage' was born. The whites seemed god-like beings whom the Indians venerated for the metal knives and axes which would help them wrest a living from the jungle. However, this uneasy friendship was not to last. The colonists revealed themselves as brutal, greed fuelled men who abused the hospitality of the Indians, using their women as concubines and their men as slaves. As if this wasn't enough. European disease and tribal vendettas - stirred by the colonists - depleted and depopulated the tribes. This terrifically comprehensive history of the impact of European settlement, details the subjugation of almost 2,500,000 people, and starts a historical trilogy of breathtaking ambition.
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"'A comprehensive and absorbing account' Economist"
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Red Gold covers the history of the Brazilian Indians from 1500 to 1760, from the point of first contact through to their conquest by the Portuguese. The first contacts between Europeans and stone-age natives aroused mutual wonder and even admiration. The Indians appeared to the Portuguese as 'people good and of pure simplicity' and so the myth of the 'noble savage' was born. The whites seemed god-like beings whom the Indians venerated for the metal knives and axes which would help them wrest a living from the jungle. However, this uneasy friendship was not to last. The colonists revealed themselves as brutal, greed fuelled men who abused the hospitality of the Indians, using their women as concubines and their men as slaves. As if this wasn't enough. European disease and tribal vendettas - stirred by the colonists - depleted and depopulated the tribes. This terrifically comprehensive history of the impact of European settlement, details the subjugation of almost 2,500,000 people, and starts a historical trilogy of breathtaking ambition.
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- PublisherPan Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0330427326
- ISBN 13 9780330427326
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages704
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Red Gold: The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians
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Macmillan, London, 1978
ISBN 10: 0330427326
ISBN 13: 9780330427326
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Seller: Jim's Old Books, Kirkwall, United Kingdom
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Some creasing and a couple of small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper and slight fading to spine of same, minor bumping to spine ends of black boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the discovery, conquest and decline of the native Indians of Brazil from the early sixteenth century until the expulsion of the Jesuits in the mid eighteenth century. 677pp, 31 b&w illustrations and small b&w drawings at chapter heads, 4 maps. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 012993
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