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Author:

Roller, Heather F., author.

Title:

Amazonian routes : indigenous mobility and colonial communities in northern Brazil / Heather F. Roller.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xv, 342 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Indians of South America--Amazon River Region--History--18th century.
Indians of South America--Brazil, North--History--18th century.
Migration, Internal--Amazon River Region--History--18th century.
Migration, Internal--Brazil, North--History--18th century.
Village communities--Amazon River Region--History--18th century.
Village communities--Brazil, North--History--18th century.
Population geography--Amazon River Region--History--18th century.
Population geography--Brazil, North--History--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

From missions to towns : Amazonian settlements in an era of reform -- Forest collecting expeditions and the pursuit of opportunities in the sert©Đo -- Searching for new people -- "The Indians of this town ebb and flow" : absentee movements within the colonial sphere -- Defining Indians and vagrants -- The struggle for autonomy in the early nineteenth century -- Conclusion : mobile and rooted.

ISBN:

0804787085 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804787086 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)865536919

LCCN:

2014003533

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)