The People of the River : Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835-1945 /

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"In this history of the black peasants of Amazonia, Oscar de la Torre focuses on the experience of African-descended people navigating the transition from slavery to freedom. Drawing on social and environmental history, he connects the Amazonians intimately to their natural landscapes. Relying...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De la Torre, Oscar (Historian) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Slavery.
Peasants.
Black people > Race identity.
Black people > Economic conditions.
Black people.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Slavery > Brazil > History.
Peasants > Brazil > History.
Black people > Brazil > Economic conditions.
Black people > Race identity > Brazil.
Black people > Brazil > History.
Brazil.
Amazon River Region.
Amazon River Region > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In this history of the black peasants of Amazonia, Oscar de la Torre focuses on the experience of African-descended people navigating the transition from slavery to freedom. Drawing on social and environmental history, he connects the Amazonians intimately to their natural landscapes. Relying on the natural world as a repository for traditions, discourses, and strategies that they retrieved especially in moments of conflict, Afro-Brazilians fought for autonomous communities and developed a vibrant ethnic identity that supported their struggles over labor, land, and citizenship."--
Physical Description:1 online resource (242 pages).
ISBN:9781469643267

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