Blacks of the Land: Indian Slavery, Settler Society, and the Portuguese Colonial Enterprise in South America

by John M. Monteiro

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107535182
• ISBN13: 9781107535183
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"