The Masters and the Slaves [Casa-Grande and Senzala] : A Study in the Development of Brazilian Civilization / Gilberto Freyre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freyre, Gilberto, Author.

Contributor:

Maybury-Lewis, David H. P.

Putnam, Samuel

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (676 p.)

Edition:

2nd rev. ed., Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1986]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE TO THE FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION OF THE MASTERS AND THE SLAVES

PREFACE TO THE SECOND ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION OF THE MASTERS AND THE SLAVES

TRANSLATOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION

INTRODUCTION TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION

I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PORTUGUESE COLONIZATION OF BRAZIL: FORMATION OF AN AGRARIAN, SLAVE-HOLDING, AND HYBRID SOCIETY

II. THE NATIVE IN THE FORMATION OF THE BRAZILIAN FAMILY

III. THE PORTUGUESE COLONIZER: ANTECEDENTS AND PREDISPOSITIONS

IV. THE NEGRO SLAVE IN THE SEXUAL AND FAMILY LIFE OF THE BRAZILIAN

V. THE NEGRO SLAVE IN THE SEXUAL AND FAMILY LIFE OF THE BRAZILIAN (Continued)

GLOSSARY OF BRAZILIAN, PORTUGUESE, AMERICAN INDIAN, AND AFRICAN NEGRO EXPRESSIONS, INCLUDING BOTANICAL AND ZOOLOGICAL TERMS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF PERSONS

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780520337077

0520337077

OCLC:

1153522997