10%OFF
To be a Slave in Brazil, 1550-1888
Katia M de Queiros Mattoso
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for To be a Slave in Brazil, 1550-1888
Paperback. .
This book was published originally in French in 1979 and in Portuguese in 1982. Written without scholarly footnotes for a general readership, it is a deceptively simple book direct in its presentation, lacking a specialized jargon, and organized in an imaginative and interesting way. But it also is a volume that reflects some of the most recent and innovative research on the question of slavery. Putting aside the somewhat arid debate over the feudal or capitalist nature of the "slave mode of production" and the political aspects of the movement for abolition, To Be a Slave in Brazil presents an ... Read more
This book was published originally in French in 1979 and in Portuguese in 1982. Written without scholarly footnotes for a general readership, it is a deceptively simple book direct in its presentation, lacking a specialized jargon, and organized in an imaginative and interesting way. But it also is a volume that reflects some of the most recent and innovative research on the question of slavery. Putting aside the somewhat arid debate over the feudal or capitalist nature of the "slave mode of production" and the political aspects of the movement for abolition, To Be a Slave in Brazil presents an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813511559
SKU
V9780813511559
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Katia M de Queiros Mattoso
Katia Mytilineou de Queirós Mattoso (born Kyriacoula Katia Demetre Mytilineou ; Volos , 8 of April of 1931 - Paris , 11 of January of 2011 was a historian Greek-Brazilian, a specialist in Bahia's economic and social history (1750-1889) and in the social history of slavery in Brazil (1549-1888). Katia Mattoso was a professor at the Catholic University ... Read more
Reviews for To be a Slave in Brazil, 1550-1888
This book was published originally in French in 1979 and in Portuguese in 1982. Written without scholarly footnotes for a general readership, it is a deceptively simple book direct in its presentation, lacking a specialized jargon, and organized in an imaginative and interesting way. But it also is a volume that reflects some of the most recent and innovative research ... Read more