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A historically rich account of how “go-betweens”--individuals who could bridge indigenous and European cultures--helped shape Brazilian society in the sixteenth century.

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"Based on a broad array of sources, including extensive archival research, this book presents a provocatively new interpretation of indigenous-European relations in Portuguese America, as they unfolded over the course of the sixteenth century... The topic is fascinating and the sources extremely rich and suggestive." --John Monteiro, Anthropology Department, UNICAMP, Brazil, and Visiting Professor of History, Harvard University

Table of Contents
  • A Note on Spelling and Citation
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Go-betweens
  • 2. Encounter
  • 3. Possession
  • 4. Conversion
  • 5. Biology
  • 6. Slavery
  • 7. Resistance
  • 8. Power
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Gobetweens and the Colonization of Brazil

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 15/01/2006
      ISBN13: 9780292712768, 978-0292712768
      ISBN10: 0292712766
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A historically rich account of how “go-betweens”--individuals who could bridge indigenous and European cultures--helped shape Brazilian society in the sixteenth century.

      Trade Review
      "Based on a broad array of sources, including extensive archival research, this book presents a provocatively new interpretation of indigenous-European relations in Portuguese America, as they unfolded over the course of the sixteenth century... The topic is fascinating and the sources extremely rich and suggestive." --John Monteiro, Anthropology Department, UNICAMP, Brazil, and Visiting Professor of History, Harvard University

      Table of Contents
      • A Note on Spelling and Citation
      • Acknowledgments
      • 1. Go-betweens
      • 2. Encounter
      • 3. Possession
      • 4. Conversion
      • 5. Biology
      • 6. Slavery
      • 7. Resistance
      • 8. Power
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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