The Masters and the Slaves (Casa-grande & senzala): A Study in the Development of Brazilian CivilizationPosted in Books, Brazil, Caribbean/Latin America, History, Media Archive, Monographs, Social Science on 2011-11-18 04:02Z by Steven |
University of California Press
2nd revised edition (March 1987)
(originally published in 1933)
622 pages
ISBN: 9780520056657
Gilberto Freyre (1900-1987)
Introduction by:
David H. P. Maybury-Lewis
This book is out of print, but available for on-line reading here.
Table of Contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface to the first English-Language Edition
- Preface to the Second English-language Edition
- Translator’s Acknowledgments
- Author’s Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Introduction to the Paperback Edition
- I General Characteristics of the Portuguese Colonization of Brazil: Formation of an Agrarian, Slave-Holding and Hybrid Society
- II The Native in the Formation of the Brazilian Family
- III The Portuguese Colonizer: Antecedents and Predispositions
- IV The Negro Slave in the Sexual and Family Life of the Brazilian
- V The Negro Slave in the Sexual and Family Life of the Brazilian (continued)
- Plans showing Big House of the Noruega Plantation
- Glossary of the Brazilian Terms Used
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
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