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The masters and the slaves (Casa-grande & senzala) : a study in the development of Brazilian civilization / by Gilberto Freyre ; translated from the Portuguese of the fourth and definitive Brazilian edition by Samuel Putnam.
LIBRA F2510 .F7522
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freyre, Gilberto, 1900-1987.
- Series:
- Borzoi book
- Borzoi books
- Standardized Title:
- Casa-grande & senzala. English
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Brazil--Social conditions.
- Brazil.
- Social conditions.
- Slavery--Brazil.
- Slavery.
- Black people--Brazil.
- Black people.
- Indians of South America--Brazil.
- Indians of South America.
- Physical Description:
- lxxi, 537, xliv pages, 1 leaf : plans (1 folded) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf, 1946.
- Language Note:
- Translation of Casa-grande & senzala.
- Contents:
- General characteristics of the Portuguese colonization of Brazil
- The native in the formation of the Brazilian family
- The Portuguese colonizer
- The negro slave in the sexual and family life of the Brazilian.
- Notes:
- Translation of Casa-grande & senzala.
- "First American edition."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-537).
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 1957
- Other Format:
- Online version: Freyre, Gilberto, 1900-1987. Casa-grande & senzala. English. Masters and the slaves (Casa-grande & senzala).
- OCLC:
- 7001196
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