EBOOK Chapters of Brazil's Colonial History 1500-1800

In Chapters in Brazil's Colonial History, Capistrano de Abreu created an        integrated history of Brazil in a landmark work of scholarship that is also a        literary masterpiece. Abreu offers a startlingly modern analysis of the past, based        on the role of the economy, settlement, and the occupation of the interior. In these        pages, he combines sharp portraits of dramatic events--close fought battles against        Dutch occupation in the 1650s, Indian resistance to often brutal internal        expansion--with insightful social history. A master of Brazil's ethnographic        landscape, he provides detailed sketches of daily life for Brazilians of all        stripes.Superbly translated by Arthur A. Brakel and edited by Stuart Schwartz and        Fernando Novais, this Brazilian classic has never before available in English.          Chapters in Brazil's Colonial History opens Brazil's rich, fascinating past to the        general reader, and offers scholars access to a great turning point in historical        scholarship.