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Author Abreu, João Capistrano de, 1853-1927.

Title Chapters of Brazil's colonial history, 1500-1800 / Capistrano de Abreu ; translated from the Portuguese by Arthur Brakel ; with a preface by Fernando A. Novais ; and an introduction by Stuart Schwartz.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  981.03 A162C    Check Shelf
Description xxxiv, 236 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Library of Latin America
Library of Latin America.
Contents Preface / Fernando A. Novais -- A House Built on Sand: Capistrano de Abreu and the History of Brazil / Stuart Schwartz -- 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-220) and index.
Subject Brazil -- History -- To 1822.
Added Author Brakel, Arthur.
Added Title Capítulos de história colonial, 1500-1800. English
ISBN 0195103017 alkaline paper
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