Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on Translation
- A Note on Portuguese Currency, Weights, and Measures
- Maps
- 1 The “Discovery” and First Encounters with Brazil
- 2 The Donatarial System
- 3 Royal Government
- 4 The French Interlude
- 5 Indians, Jesuits, and Colonists
- 6 The World of the Engenhos
- 7 Government and Society in Dutch Brazil
- 8 Burdens of Slavery and Race
- 9 Public and Private Power
- 10 Religion and Society
- 11 Frontiers
- Index
A Note on Portuguese Currency, Weights, and Measures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on Translation
- A Note on Portuguese Currency, Weights, and Measures
- Maps
- 1 The “Discovery” and First Encounters with Brazil
- 2 The Donatarial System
- 3 Royal Government
- 4 The French Interlude
- 5 Indians, Jesuits, and Colonists
- 6 The World of the Engenhos
- 7 Government and Society in Dutch Brazil
- 8 Burdens of Slavery and Race
- 9 Public and Private Power
- 10 Religion and Society
- 11 Frontiers
- Index
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- Early BrazilA Documentary Collection to 1700, pp. xxiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009