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Blacks of the Land
The first English translation of the field-defining work in Brazilian studies ethnohistory by the late John M. Monteiro.
Blacksmiths of Ilamba
This study analyzes the establishment of an iron foundry in the interior 18th-century of Angola. It was a fruit of the Portuguese Enlightenment, which encouraged investment in manufacturing, particularly of iron, a metal indispensable for military and technological purposes. However, the plans faced the resistance of African blacksmiths and founders who refused to learn foreign techniques and work processes. By emphasizing Central African agency, the book highlights the successful strategies of historical actors who scholars have largely ignored. Based upon a wide variety of sources from Brazilian, Portuguese, and Angolan archives, the book reconstructs how Africans were taken to work at the...
A London Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Vols. 1-4 include material to June 1, 1929.
Antigos Aldeamentos Jesuíticos
Este livro é uma contribuição de renomados pesquisadores ao estudo da presença da Companhia de Jesus no Brasil colonial. Particularmente, são oferecidos ao público alguns elementos de leitura sobre os aldeamentos jesuíticos, estruturas antecessoras das famosas Reduções jesuíticas adotadas pelos filhos de Santo Inácio de Loyola em sua estratégia missionária para conduzir os índios à “bandeira” do Cristo.
