Blacks of the Land
Indian Slavery, Settler Society, and the Portuguese Colonial Enterprise in South America
Published on 25. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
290 pages
978-1-107-53518-3 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in Portuguese in 1994 as Negros da Terra, this field-defining work by the late historian John M. Monteiro has been translated into English by Professors Barbara Weinstein and James Woodard. Monteiro's work established ethnohistory as a field in colonial Brazilian studies and made indigenous history a vital part of how scholars understand Brazil's colonial past. Drawing on over two dozen collections on both sides of the Atlantic, Monteiro rescued Indians from invisibility, documenting their role as both objects and actors in Brazil's colonial past and, most importantly, providing the first history of Indian slavery in Brazil. Monteiro demonstrates how Indian enslavement, not exploration or the search for mineral wealth, was the driving force behind expansion out of Sao Paulo and through the South American backcountry. This book makes a groundbreaking contribution not only to Latin American history, but to the history of indigenous slavery in the Americas generally.
Reviews / Votes
'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, ConnectionsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
14 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
478 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-53518-3 (9781107535183)
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Indian Slavery, Settler Society, and the Portuguese Colonial Enterprise in South America
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Persons
James Woodard is Associate Professor of History at Montclair State University. He is the author of A Place in Politics: Sao Paulo, Brazil, from Seigneurial Republicanism to Regionalist Revolt (2009). Barbara Weinstein is Silver Professor of History at New York University and Past President of the American Historical Association. She is the author of The Color of Modernity: Sao Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil (2015), For Social Peace in Brazil: Industrialists and the Remaking of the Working Class in Sao Paulo, 1920-1964 (1997), and The Amazon Rubber Boom, 1850-1920 (1983). John M. Monteiro was a professor in the Department of Anthropology of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas and Director of the University's Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas. He also held visiting positions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Michigan, and Harvard University.
Content
Foreword; Blacks of the land: preface and acknowledgments; 1. The transformation of indigenous Sao 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.