Blacks of the Land: Indian Slavery, Settler Society, and the Portuguese Colonial Enterprise in South America: 112 (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 112) - Hardcover

Monteiro, John M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107114675 ISBN 13: 9781107114678

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Originally published in Portuguese in 1994 as Negros da Terra, this field-defining work by the late historian John M. Monteiro has been translated into English by Professors Barbara Weinstein and James Woodard. Monteiro's work established ethnohistory as a field in colonial Brazilian studies and made indigenous history a vital part of how scholars understand Brazil's colonial past. Drawing on over two dozen collections on both sides of the Atlantic, Monteiro rescued Indians from invisibility, documenting their role as both objects and actors in Brazil's colonial past and, most importantly, providing the first history of Indian slavery in Brazil. Monteiro demonstrates how Indian enslavement, not exploration or the search for mineral wealth, was the driving force behind expansion out of São Paulo and through the South American backcountry. This book makes a groundbreaking contribution not only to Latin American history, but to the history of indigenous slavery in the Americas generally.

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Book Description

Professors Barbara Weinstein and James Woodard have translated John M. Monteiro's field-defining work from its original Portuguese into English. The book engages with themes central to slavery studies and ethnohistory and makes clear the degree to which native peoples shaped the colonial history of southeastern Brazil.

About the Author

James Woodard is Professor of History at Montclair State University. He is the author of A Place in Politics: São Paulo, Brazil, from Seigneurial Republicanism to Regionalist Revolt (2009).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1107114675
• ISBN 13: 9781107114678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 290