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Implicit Understandings
This volume brings together the work of twenty historians, anthropologists, and literary scholars who have tried to examine the nature of the encounter between Europeans and the …
With Broadax and Firebrand
Warren Dean chronicles the chaotic path to what could be one of the greatest natural disasters of modern times: the disappearance of the Atlantic Forest. A quarter the size of the …
Early Latin America
This book provides a general history of Latin America in the period between the European conquest and the gaining of independence by the Spanish American countries and Brazil …
Sovereignty and Society in Colonial Brazil
While the Spanish enterprise in America is relatively well known to the English-reading public, the Portuguese tropical empire in Brazil has remained until recently an unknown …
Sugar Plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society
This study examines the history of the sugar economy and the peculiar development of plantation society over a three hundred year period in Bahia, a major sugar plantation zone and …
All Can Be Saved
It would seem unlikely that one could discover tolerant religious attitudes in Spain, Portugal, and the New World colonies during the era of the Inquisition, when enforcement of …
Early Brazil
Early Brazil presents a collection of original sources, many published for the first time in English and some never before published in any language, that illustrates the process …
Sea of Storms
The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colonial rule. In this panoramic work of social …