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
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- Chapter
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- The Making of Brazilian Amazonian SocietiesA Study in Ethnographic and Spatial History, pp. iiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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