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To Be a Slave in Brazil: 1550-1888
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To Be a Slave in Brazil: 1550-1888 Hardback - 1986

by Katia M. Mattoso

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The book has the great advantage of placing the slave in the center of the history not simply as a type of labor, but as an actor whose culture, actions and decisions influenced the operation of the system... written with verve and grace for a general readership.

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  • Title To Be a Slave in Brazil: 1550-1888
  • Author Katia M. Mattoso
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st US
  • Pages 250
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick
  • Publication date 1986
  • ISBN 9780813511542 / 0813511542
  • Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.14 x 0.94 in (24.13 x 15.60 x 2.39 cm)
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 85027760
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.362

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Ktia de Queirs Mattoso

Katia Mytilineou de Queirs Mattoso (born Kyriacoula Katia Demetre Mytilineou; Volos, 8 of April of 1931 - Paris, 11 of January of 2011 [ 1 ] ) was a historian Greek-Brazilian. [ 2 ] a specialist in Bahia's economic and social history (1750-1889) and in the social history of slavery in Brazil (1549-1888).

Katia Mattoso was a professor at the Catholic University of Salvador and Bahia Federal (1963-1988), visiting professor at the Universities of Minnesota (1978), Paris IV (1982) and Columbia (1983). He was also visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge ( UK ). In 1988, he took the chair of History of Brazil at the University Paris IV - Sorbonne, of which he was the first holder. Teacher emeritus . [ 2 ] of the same University, he is the author of several books, among which are: Bahia: the city of Salvador and its market in the nineteenth century (So Paulo: Hucitec, 1978), tre esclave au Brsil, XVIe-XIXe sicles (Paris: Hachette, 1979; Paris: L'Harmattan, 1995), with editions in Portuguese ( Being a slave in Brazil So Paulo: Brasiliense, 1982; 3.ed. 1990) and English (. to be a slave in Brazil New Brunswick., NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1986; 7.ed. 2002), Family and society in nineteenth-century Bahia (So Paulo: Corrupio, 1988) and Bahia, nineteenth century. A province in the Empire (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1992, 2.ed. 1994).

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xiv+250 pages with map, tables, appendixes, glossary, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with black lettering to spine in original jacket. Foreword by Stuart Schwarts, translated by Arthur Goldhammer. First American edition. The book has the great advantage of placing the slave in the center of the history not simply as a type of labor, but as an actor whose culture, actions and decisions influenced the operation of the system... written with verve and grace for a general readership. Condition: Fine in like jacket.
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New Brunswick, New Jersey:: Rutgers University Press, 1986. A clean, square, tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny, albeit with 2 short closed tears (a half-inch, or less). No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Foreword by Stuart B. Schwartz. Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer. Map. Tables. Glossary. Appendices. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original green cloth, lettered in black on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "First published in French in 1979, TO BE A SLAVE IN BRAZIL has become widely known as a masterful narrative of three centuries of Brazilian slavery. Mattoso looks at slavery from the point of view of the slave, not just the place of slavery in the world economy. The book is based on extensive archival research, including unpublished Brazilian and other foreign sources. Mattoso's study begins in Africa, tracing the origins… Read more
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