Negros da terra : índios e bandeirantes nas origens de São Paulo / John Manuel Monteiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monteiro, John M. (John Manuel), 1956-

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Brazil--São Paulo (State)--History.

Indians of South America.

Slavery--Brazil--São Paulo (State).

Slavery.

History.

Brazil--São Paulo (State).

São Paulo (Brazil : State)--Economic conditions.

São Paulo (Brazil : State).

Bandieras--Brazil--São Paulo (State).

Bandieras.

Indios de Brasil--Historia--São Paulo (Estado).

Esclavitud--Brasil--São Paulo (Estado).

São Paulo (Estado : Brasil)--Condiciones económicas.

Local Subjects:

Indios de Brasil--Historia--São Paulo (Estado).

Esclavitud--Brasil--São Paulo (Estado).

São Paulo (Estado : Brasil)--Condiciones económicas.

Physical Description:

300 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

[São Paulo, Brazil] : Companhia das Letras, 1994.

Summary:

"Thorough and well-documented history of 16th- and 17th-century society and economy in São Paulo region analyzes impact of slavery on the indigenous peoples of the region and the formation of a slave-based economy and society. Offers new perspectives in the study of regional economies based on indigenous slavery and in the historiography of bandeirantismo (expeditions to the interior)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 1985.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-288) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

8571643946

OCLC:

31444253