The People of the River : Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835-1945 /
"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...
Auteur principal: | |
---|---|
Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
Publié: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2018]
|
Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
Sujets: | |
Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | "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."-- |
---|---|
Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (242 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781469643267 |