'A comprehensive and absorbing account' Economist Red Gold covers the history of the Brazilian Indians from 1500 to 1760, from the point of first contact through to their conquest by the Portuguese. The first contacts between Europeans and stone-age natives aroused mutual wonder and even admiration. The Indians appeared to the Portuguese as `people good and of pure simplicity' and so the myth of the `noble savage' was born. The whites seemed god-like beings whom the Indians venerated for the metal knives and axes which ...
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'A comprehensive and absorbing account' Economist Red Gold covers the history of the Brazilian Indians from 1500 to 1760, from the point of first contact through to their conquest by the Portuguese. The first contacts between Europeans and stone-age natives aroused mutual wonder and even admiration. The Indians appeared to the Portuguese as `people good and of pure simplicity' and so the myth of the `noble savage' was born. The whites seemed god-like beings whom the Indians venerated for the metal knives and axes which would help them wrest a living from the jungle. However, this uneasy friendship was not to last. The colonists revealed themselves as brutal, greed fuelled men who abused the hospitality of the Indians, using their women as concubines and their men as slaves. As if this wasn't enough. European disease and tribal vendettas - stirred by the colonists - depleted and depopulated the tribes. This terrifically comprehensive history of the impact of European settlement, details the subjugation of almost 2,500,000 people, and starts a historical trilogy of breathtaking ambition.
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Good in No d/j as Published jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Book N.B. Small plain label to inside front cover. Yellowing/darkening to pages.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: 9780333448588.
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Acceptable. Paperback The item is fairly worn but still readable. Signs of wear include aesthetic issues such as scratches, worn covers, damaged binding. The item may have identifying markings on it or show other signs of previous use. May have page creases, creased spine, bent cover or markings inside. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
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Fine. Book First edition. xvii, [7], 677pp. Text maps and illustrations; chapter notes, bibliography and index. Red cloth, gilt. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. A history of Brazilian Indians from 1500 to 1760, during the centuries of colonial conquest. Covers the discovery and exploration of the Amazon, enslavement of the Indians, the effects of European diseases, search for gold, etc. An excellent work.
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0 Hemming, John RED GOLD; THE CONQUEST OF THE BRAZILIAN INDIANS Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, c1978 677pp, tall 8vo, b/w ill and photos, wonderful fine in near fine d/w (a tiny bit of rubbing),
