Negros da terra
Subtitle: índios e bandeirantes nas origens de São Paulo
By: John Manuel Monteiro.
Publisher: Companhia das Letras
Published: 1994
Place of publication: [São Paulo, Brazil]
Language: por
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Brazil -- São Paulo (State) -- History; Slavery -- Brazil -- São Paulo (State); Bandieras -- Brazil -- São Paulo (State); São Paulo (Brazil : State) -- Economic conditions
Description: "Thorough and well-documented history of 16th- and 17th-century society and economy in São Paulo region analyzes impact of slavery on the indigenous peoples of the region and the formation of a slave-based economy and society. Offers new perspectives in the study of regional economies based on indigenous slavery and in the historiography of bandeirantismo (expeditions to the interior)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-288) and index.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 1985.