Book contents
- The Making of Brazilian Amazonian Societies
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- The Making of Brazilian Amazonian Societies
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Note on the Images and Maps
- Introduction
- 1 Indigenous Worlds on the Amazon River and the Origins of the European Sphere in the Sixteenth Century
- 2 Colonial Space and Fluvial Patterns
- 3 Coming Out of the Forests?
- 4 The Making of the Sertão
- 5 Riverine Villages and Indigenous Regional Networks in the Early Eighteenth Century
- 6 Family, Marriage, and Place in the Riverine Communities near the Lower Amazon River
- 7 ‘In the Forest We Don’t Accept the Grace of God’
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- References
Cambridge Latin American Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2025
Book contents
- The Making of Brazilian Amazonian Societies
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- The Making of Brazilian Amazonian Societies
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Note on the Images and Maps
- Introduction
- 1 Indigenous Worlds on the Amazon River and the Origins of the European Sphere in the Sixteenth Century
- 2 Colonial Space and Fluvial Patterns
- 3 Coming Out of the Forests?
- 4 The Making of the Sertão
- 5 Riverine Villages and Indigenous Regional Networks in the Early Eighteenth Century
- 6 Family, Marriage, and Place in the Riverine Communities near the Lower Amazon River
- 7 ‘In the Forest We Don’t Accept the Grace of God’
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- References
Information
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Making of Brazilian Amazonian SocietiesA Study in Ethnographic and Spatial History, pp. 353 - 357Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
References
A History of Chile 1808–2018, Second Edition, William F. Sater and Simon CollierGoogle Scholar
The Dread Plague and the Cow Killers: The Politics of Animal Disease in Mexico and the World, Thomas RathGoogle Scholar
Islands in the Lake: Environment and Ethnohistory in Xochimilco, New Spain, Richard M. ConwayGoogle Scholar
Journey to Indo-América: APRA and the Transnational Politics of Exile, Persecution, and Solidarity, 1918–1945, Geneviève DoraisGoogle Scholar
Nationalizing Nature: Iguazu Falls and National Parks at the Brazil–Argentina Border, Frederico FreitasGoogle Scholar
Islanders and Empire: Smuggling and Political Defiance in Hispaniola, 1580–1690, Juan José Ponce-VázquezGoogle Scholar
Our Time is Now: Race and Modernity in Postcolonial Guatemala, Julie GibbingsGoogle Scholar
The Sexual Question: A History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s –1950s, Paulo DrinotGoogle Scholar
A Silver River in a Silver World: Dutch Trade in the Rio de la Plata, 1648–1678, David FreemanGoogle Scholar
Laboring for the State: Women, Family, and Work in Revolutionary Cuba, 1959–1971, Rachel HynsonGoogle Scholar
Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán, Wolfgang GabbertGoogle Scholar
For Christ and Country: Militant Catholic Youth in Post-Revolutionary Mexico, Robert WeisGoogle Scholar
The Mexican Mission: Indigenous Reconstruction and Mendicant Enterprise in New Spain, 1521–1600, Ryan Dominic CreweGoogle Scholar
Corruption and Justice in Colonial Mexico, 1650–1755, Christoph RosenmüllerGoogle Scholar
Blacks of the Land: Indian Slavery, Settler Society, and the Portuguese Colonial Enterprise in South America, John M. Monteiro, James Woodward, and Barbara WeinsteinGoogle Scholar
The Street Is Ours: Community, the Car, and the Nature of Public Space in Rio de Janeiro, Shawn William MillerGoogle Scholar
Laywomen and the Making of Colonial Catholicism in New Spain, 1630–1790, Jessica L. DelgadoGoogle Scholar
Urban Slavery in Colonial Mexico: Puebla de los Ángeles, 1531–1706, Pablo Miguel Sierra SilvaGoogle Scholar
The Mexican Revolution’s Wake: The Making of a Political System, 1920–1929, Sarah OstenGoogle Scholar
Latin America’s Radical Left: Rebellion and Cold War in the Global 1960s, Aldo MarchesiGoogle Scholar
Liberalism as Utopia: The Rise and Fall of Legal Rule in Post-Colonial Mexico, 1820–1900, Timo H. SchaeferGoogle Scholar
Before Mestizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico, Ben Vinson IIIGoogle Scholar
The Lords of Tetzcoco: The Transformation of Indigenous Rule in Postconquest Central Mexico, Bradley BentonGoogle Scholar
Theater of a Thousand Wonders: A History of Miraculous Images and Shrines in New Spain, William B. TaylorGoogle Scholar
Indian and Slave Royalists in the Age of Revolution, Marcela EcheverriGoogle Scholar
Indigenous Elites and Creole Identity in Colonial Mexico, 1500–1800, Peter VillellaGoogle Scholar
Asian Slaves in Colonial Mexico: From Chinos to Indians, Tatiana SeijasGoogle Scholar
Black Saint of the Americas: The Life and Afterlife of Martín de Porres, Celia CussenGoogle Scholar
The Economic History of Latin America since Independence, Third Edition, Victor Bulmer-ThomasGoogle Scholar
The British Textile Trade in South America in the Nineteenth Century, Manuel Llorca-JañaGoogle Scholar
Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia, Carlos FaustoGoogle Scholar
Rebellion on the Amazon: The Cabanagem, Race, and Popular Culture in the North of Brazil, 1798–1840, Mark HarrisGoogle Scholar
A History of the Khipu, Galen BrokawGoogle Scholar
Politics, Markets, and Mexico’s “London Debt,” 1823–1887, Richard J. SalvucciGoogle Scholar
The Political Economy of Argentina in the Twentieth Century, Roberto Cortés CondeGoogle Scholar
Bankruptcy of Empire: Mexican Silver and the Wars Between Spain, Britain, and France, 1760–1810, Carlos MarichalGoogle Scholar
Shadows of Empire: The Indian Nobility of Cusco, 1750–1825, David T. GarrettGoogle Scholar
Chile: The Making of a Republic, 1830–1865: Politics and Ideas, Simon CollierGoogle Scholar
Deference and Defiance in Monterrey: Workers, Paternalism, and Revolution in Mexico, 1890–1950, Michael SnodgrassGoogle Scholar
Andrés Bello: Scholarship and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Latin America, Ivan JaksicGoogle Scholar
Between Revolution and the Ballot Box: The Origins of the Argentine Radical Party in the 1890s, Paula AlonsoGoogle Scholar
Slavery and the Demographic and Economic History of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1720–1888, Laird W. BergadGoogle Scholar
The Independence of Spanish America, Jaime E. RodríguezGoogle Scholar
The Rise of Capitalism on the Pampas: The Estancias of Buenos Aires, 1785–1870, Samuel AmaralGoogle Scholar
A History of Chile, 1808–2002, Second Edition, Simon Collier and William F. SaterGoogle Scholar
The Revolutionary Mission: American Enterprise in Latin America, 1900–1945, Thomas F. O’BrienGoogle Scholar
The Kingdom of Quito, 1690–1830: The State and Regional Development, Kenneth J. AndrienGoogle Scholar
The Cuban Slave Market, 1790–1880, Laird W. Bergad, Fe Iglesias García, and María del Carmen BarciaGoogle Scholar
Business Interest Groups in Nineteenth-Century Brazil, Eugene RidingsGoogle Scholar
The Economic History of Latin America since Independence, Second Edition, Victor Bulmer-ThomasGoogle Scholar
Power and Violence in the Colonial City: Oruro from the Mining Renaissance to the Rebellion of Tupac Amaru (1740–1782), Oscar CornblitGoogle Scholar
Colombia before Independence: Economy, Society and Politics under Bourbon Rule, Anthony McFarlaneGoogle Scholar
Politics and Urban Growth in Buenos Aires, 1910–1942, Richard J. WalterGoogle Scholar
The Central Republic in Mexico, 1835–1846, ‘Hombres de Bien’ in the Age of Santa Anna, Michael P. CosteloeGoogle Scholar
Negotiating Democracy: Politicians and Generals in Uruguay, Charles Guy GillespieGoogle Scholar
Native Society and Disease in Colonial Ecuador, Suzanne Austin AlchonGoogle Scholar
The Politics of Memory: Native Historical Interpretation in the Colombian Andes, Joanne RappaportGoogle Scholar
Power and the Ruling Classes in Northeast Brazil, Juazeiro and Petrolina in Transition, Ronald H. ChilcoteGoogle Scholar
House and Street: The Domestic World of Servants and Masters in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro, Sandra Lauderdale GrahamGoogle Scholar
The Demography of Inequality in Brazil, Charles H. Wood and José Alberto Magno de CarvalhoGoogle Scholar
The Politics of Coalition Rule in Colombia, Jonathan HartlynGoogle Scholar
South America and the First World War: The Impact of the War on Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Chile, Bill AlbertGoogle Scholar
Resistance and Integration: Peronism and the Argentine Working Class, 1946–1976, Daniel JamesGoogle Scholar
The Political Economy of Central America since 1920, Victor Bulmer-ThomasGoogle Scholar
A Tropical Belle Epoque: Elite Culture and Society in Turn-of-the-Century Rio de Janeiro, Jeffrey D. NeedellGoogle Scholar
Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517–1570, Second Edition, Inga ClendinnenGoogle Scholar
Latin America and the Comintern, 1919–1943, Manuel CaballeroGoogle Scholar
Roots of Insurgency: Mexican Regions, 1750–1824, Brian R. HamnettGoogle Scholar
The Agrarian Question and the Peasant Movement in Colombia: Struggles of the National Peasant Association, 1967–1981, Leon ZamoscGoogle Scholar
Catholic Colonialism: A Parish History of Guatemala, 1524–1821, Adriaan C. van OssGoogle Scholar
Pre-Revolutionary Caracas: Politics, Economy, and Society 1777–1811, P. Michael McKinleyGoogle Scholar
The Mexican Revolution, Volume 2: Counter-Revolution and Reconstruction, Alan KnightGoogle Scholar
The Mexican Revolution, Volume 1: Porfirians, Liberals, and Peasants, Alan KnightGoogle Scholar
The Province of Buenos Aires and Argentine Politics, 1912–1943, Richard J. WalterGoogle Scholar
Sugar Plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society: Bahia, 1550–1835, Stuart B. SchwartzGoogle Scholar
Tobacco on the Periphery: A Case Study in Cuban Labour History, 1860–1958, Jean StubbsGoogle Scholar
Housing, the State, and the Poor: Policy and Practice in Three Latin American Cities, Alan Gilbert and Peter M. WardGoogle Scholar
Unions and Politics in Mexico: The Case of the Automobile Industry, Ian RoxboroughGoogle Scholar
Miners, Peasants and Entrepreneurs: Regional Development in the Central Highlands of Peru, Norman Long and Bryan RobertsGoogle Scholar
Capitalist Development and the Peasant Economy in Peru, Adolfo FigueroaGoogle Scholar
Early Latin America: A History of Colonial Spanish America and Brazil, James Lockhart and Stuart B. SchwartzGoogle Scholar
Brazil’s State-Owned Enterprises: A Case Study of the State as Entrepreneur, Thomas J. TrebatGoogle Scholar
Law and Politics in Aztec Texcoco, Jerome A. OffnerGoogle Scholar
Juan Vicente Gómez and the Oil Companies in Venezuela, 1908–1935, B. S. McBethGoogle Scholar
Revolution from Without: Yucatán, Mexico, and the United States, 1880–1924, Gilbert M. JosephGoogle Scholar
Demographic Collapse: Indian Peru, 1520–1620, Noble David CookGoogle Scholar
Oil and Politics in Latin America: Nationalist Movements and State Companies, George PhilipGoogle Scholar
The Struggle for Land: A Political Economy of the Pioneer Frontier in Brazil from 1930 to the Present Day, J. FowerakerGoogle Scholar
Caudillo and Peasant in the Mexican Revolution, D. A. Brading, ed.Google Scholar
Odious Commerce: Britain, Spain and the Abolition of the Cuban Slave Trade, David MurrayGoogle Scholar
Coffee in Colombia, 1850–1970: An Economic, Social and Political History, Marco PalaciosGoogle Scholar
A Socioeconomic History of Argentina, 1776–1860, Jonathan C. BrownGoogle Scholar
From Dessalines to Duvalier: Race, Colour and National Independence in Haiti, David NichollsGoogle Scholar
Modernization in a Mexican ejido: A Study in Economic Adaptation, Billie R. DeWaltGoogle Scholar
Haciendas and Ranchos in the Mexican Bajío, Léon, 1700–1860, D. A. BradingGoogle Scholar
Foreign Immigrants in Early Bourbon Mexico, 1700–1760, Charles F. NunnGoogle Scholar
The Merchants of Buenos Aires, 1778–1810: Family and Commerce, Susan Migden SocolowGoogle Scholar
Drought and Irrigation in North-east Brazil, Anthony L. HallGoogle Scholar
Coronelismo: The Municipality and Representative Government in Brazil, Victor Nunes LealGoogle Scholar
A History of the Bolivian Labour Movement, 1848–1971, Guillermo LoraGoogle Scholar
Land and Labour in Latin America: Essays on the Development of Agrarian Capitalism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Kenneth Duncan and Ian Rutledge, eds.Google Scholar
Allende’s Chile: The Political Economy of the Rise and Fall of the Unidad Popular, Stefan de VylderGoogle Scholar
The Cristero Rebellion: The Mexican People Between Church and State, 1926–1929, Jean A. MeyerGoogle Scholar
The African Experience in Spanish America, 1502 to the Present Day, Leslie B. Rout, Jr.Google Scholar
Letters and People of the Spanish Indies: Sixteenth Century, James Lockhart and Enrique Otte, eds.Google Scholar
Chilean Rural Society from the Spanish Conquest to 1930, Arnold J. BauerGoogle Scholar
Studies in the Colonial History of Spanish America, Mario GóngoraGoogle Scholar
Politics in Argentina, 1890–1930: The Rise and Fall of Radicalism, David RockGoogle Scholar
Politics, Economics and Society in Argentina in the Revolutionary Period, Tulio Halperín DonghiGoogle Scholar
Marriage, Class and Colour in Nineteenth-Century Cuba: A Study of Racial Attitudes and Sexual Values in a Slave Society, Verena StolckeGoogle Scholar
Conflicts and Conspiracies: Brazil and Portugal, 1750–1808, Kenneth MaxwellGoogle Scholar
Silver Mining and Society in Colonial Mexico: Zacatecas, 1546–1700, P. J. BakewellGoogle Scholar
A Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain, Peter GerhardGoogle Scholar
Bolivia: Land, Location and Politics Since 1825, J. Valerie Fifer, Malcolm Deas, Clifford Smith, and John StreetGoogle Scholar
Politics and Trade in Southern Mexico, 1750–1821, Brian R. HamnettGoogle Scholar
Alienation of Church Wealth in Mexico: Social and Economic Aspects of the Liberal Revolution, 1856–1875, Jan BazantGoogle Scholar
Miners and Merchants in Bourbon Mexico, 1763–1810, D. A. BradingGoogle Scholar
An Economic History of Colombia, 1845–1930, W. P. McGreeveyGoogle Scholar
Economic Development of Latin America: Historical Background and Contemporary Problems, Celso Furtado and Suzette MacedoGoogle Scholar
Regional Economic Development: The River Basin Approach in Mexico, David Barkin and Timothy KingGoogle Scholar
The Abolition of the Brazilian Slave Trade: Britain, Brazil and the Slave Trade Question, 1807–1869, Leslie BethellGoogle Scholar
Parties and Political Change in Bolivia, 1880–1952, Herbert S. KleinGoogle Scholar
Britain and the Onset of Modernization in Brazil, 1850–1914, Richard GrahamGoogle Scholar
The Mexican Revolution, 1910–1914: The Diplomacy of Anglo-American Conflict, P. A. R. CalvertGoogle Scholar
Church Wealth in Mexico: A Study of the ‘Juzgado de Capellanias’ in the Archbishopric of Mexico 1800–1856, Michael P. CosteloeGoogle Scholar
Ideas and Politics of Chilean Independence, 1808–1833, Simon CollierGoogle Scholar
Accessibility standard: WCAG 2.0 A
Why this information is here
This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.Accessibility Information
The HTML of this chapter
conforms to version 2.0 of the
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG), ensuring core accessibility principles are addressed and meets the basic
(A)
level of WCAG compliance, addressing essential accessibility barriers.
Content Navigation
Table of contents navigation
Allows you to navigate directly to chapters, sections, or non‐text items through a linked table of contents, reducing the need for extensive scrolling.
Allows you to navigate directly to chapters, sections, or non‐text items through a linked table of contents, reducing the need for extensive scrolling.
Index navigation
Provides an interactive index, letting you go straight to where a term or subject appears in the text without manual searching.
Provides an interactive index, letting you go straight to where a term or subject appears in the text without manual searching.
Reading Order & Textual Equivalents
Single logical reading order
You will encounter all content (including footnotes, captions, etc.) in a clear, sequential flow, making it easier to follow with assistive tools like screen readers.
You will encounter all content (including footnotes, captions, etc.) in a clear, sequential flow, making it easier to follow with assistive tools like screen readers.
Short alternative textual descriptions
You get concise descriptions (for images, charts, or media clips), ensuring you do not miss crucial information when visual or audio elements are not accessible.
You get concise descriptions (for images, charts, or media clips), ensuring you do not miss crucial information when visual or audio elements are not accessible.
Full alternative textual descriptions
You get more than just short alt text: you have comprehensive text equivalents, transcripts, captions, or audio descriptions for substantial non‐text content, which is especially helpful for complex visuals or multimedia.
You get more than just short alt text: you have comprehensive text equivalents, transcripts, captions, or audio descriptions for substantial non‐text content, which is especially helpful for complex visuals or multimedia.
Structural and Technical Features
ARIA roles provided
You gain clarity from ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) roles and attributes, as they help assistive technologies interpret how each part of the content functions.
You gain clarity from ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) roles and attributes, as they help assistive technologies interpret how each part of the content functions.