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Book SynopsisProfessors Barbara Weinstein and James Woodard have translated John M. Monteiro's field-defining work from its original Portuguese into English. The book engages with themes central to slavery studies and ethnohistory and makes clear the degree to which native peoples shaped the colonial history of southeastern Brazil.
Trade Review'Woodard and Weinstein deserve much praise for their work on this important edition and translation of Monteiro's book. It will bring his interdisciplinary methods and comparative perspective on slavery to an even wider readership of historians, anthropologists, and their students. Perhaps most importantly, it will reaffirm the historical roles played by indigenous peoples in the construction of colonial societies across the Americas.' Heather F. Roller, The American Historical Review
'Specialists and students of slavery studies will certainly benefit from Monteiro's interdisciplinary approach and exhaustive analysis. Non-specialists interested in histories of colonial encounters and colonial labour systems will profit as well from this thorough edition.' Ana Moledo, Connections
Table of ContentsForeword; Blacks of the land: preface and acknowledgments; 1. The transformation of indigenous São Paulo in the sixteenth century; 2. Backcountry incursions and the expansion of the labour force; 3. The granary of Brazil; 4. The regime of personal service; 5. Masters and Indians; 6. The roots of rural poverty; 7. The final years of Indian slavery; Afterword.
