The trade in the living : the formation of Brazil in the South Atlantic, sixteenth to seventeenth centuries
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Alencastro Luiz Felipe de (1946-....) ; Adams Gavin ; Alencastro Luiz Felipe de (1946-....) ; Wolfers Michael (1938-....) ; Tomich Dale W. (1946-....) ;
- Editeurs : Albany [N.Y.] SUNY Press ;
- Date d'édition : Copyright 2018
- ISBN : 978-1-4384-6929-4
- Sujets : Esclavage -- Histoire -- Brésil 16e siècle, Esclavage, Brésil -- Relations extérieures -- Histoire Angola -- 16e siècle, AngolaBrésilBrazil
- Comprend : The trade in the living, The trade in the living
- Langue(s) : Anglais, Portugais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xix, 606 p.), : Ill., cartes, couv. ill. en coul., 24 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Fernand Braudel Center studies in historical social science
Notes
La ressource est également disponible en version électronique ; Bibliogr. p. 515-586. Index
Résumé
La 4e de couverture indique : 'The seventeenth-century missionary and diplomat Father Antônio Vieira once observed that Brazil was nourished, animated, sustained, served, and conserved by the 'sad blood' of the 'black and unfortunate souls' imported from Angola. In The Trade in the Living, Luiz Felipe de Alencastro demonstrates how the African slave trade was an essential element in the South Atlantic and in the ongoing cohesion of Portuguese America, while at the same time the concrete interests of Brazilian colonists, dependent on Angolan slaves, were often violently asserted in Africa, to ensure men and commodities continued to move back and forth across the Atlantic. In exposing this intricate and complementary relationship between two non-European continents, de Alencastro has fashioned a new and challenging examination of colonial Brazil, one that moves beyond its relationship with Portugal to discover a darker, hidden history.'