| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 236 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Library of Latin America
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Library of Latin America.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index. |
| Contents |
Series Editors' General Introduction; Preface; A House Built on Sand: Capistrano de Abreu and the History of Brazil; 1. Indigenous Antecedents; 2. Exotic Elements; 3. The Discoverers; 4. The First Conflicts; 5. Hereditary Captaincies; 6. Crown Captaincies; 7. Frenchmen and Spaniards; 8. Fighting the Dutch; 9. The Backlands; 10. Setting Boundaries; 11. Three Centuries Later; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
In Chapters in Brazil's Colonial History, Capistrano de Abreu created an integrated history of Brazil in a landmark work of scholarship that is also a literary masterpiece. Abreu offers a startlingly modern analysis of the past, based on the role of the economy, settlement, and the occupation of the interior. In these pages, he combines sharp portraits of dramatic events--close fought battles against Dutch occupation in the 1650s, Indian resistance to often brutal internal expansion--with insightful social history. A master of Brazil's ethnographic landscape, he provides detailed sketches of d. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the Portuguese. |
| Subject |
Brazil -- History -- To 1822.
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Brazil. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1822 |
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Geschichte 1500-1800. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Brakel, Arthur.
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| Added Title |
Capítulos de história colonial, 1500-1800. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96091016
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Abreu, João Capistrano de, 1853-1927. Capítulos de historia colonial, 1500-1800. English. Chapters of Brazil's colonial history, 1500-1800. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998, ©1997 0195103025 9780195103021 (DLC) 96043461 (OCoLC)40663041 |
| ISBN |
9780198026310 (electronic book) |
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0198026315 (electronic book) |
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0195103017 (acid-free paper) |
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9780195103014 (acid-free paper) |
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