The Masters and the Slaves: (Casa-Grande & Senzala) a Study in the Development of Brazilian Civilization

New York: Knopf, 1946. First American Edition". Hardcover. Very good(+) in about very good price-clipped jacket in archival mylar./Very Good. Quarto in light grey jacket; lxix, 537, xliv pages: plans ; 25 cm; bibliographical references (pages 501-537), index. Translated from the Portuguese original. Contents: General characteristics of the Portuguese colonization of Brazil: formation of an agrarian, slave-holding and hybrid society -- The native in the formation of the Brazilian family -- The Portuguese colonizer: antecedents and predispositions -- The Negro slave in the sexual and family life of the Brazilian -- The Negro slave in the sexual and family life of the Brazilian (continued).

Freyre, Gilberto, 1900-1987. Putnam, Samuel, 1892-1950, translator. Black people -- Brazil -- History. Indians of South America -- Brazil -- History. Families -- Brazil -- History. Slavery -- Brazil. Indians of South America -- Brazil. Esclavage -- Brésil. Personnes noires -- Brésil. Indiens d'Amérique -- Brésil. Indiens d'Amérique -- Brésil -- Histoire. Familles -- Brésil -- Histoire. Esclavitud -- Brasil -- Historia. Negros -- Brasil -- Historia. Indios de Brasil -- Historia. Familia -- Brasil -- Historia. Black people. Civilization -- African influences. Families. Indians of South America. Manners and customs. Slavery. Native Americans -- South America -- Brazil -- History. Geographic: Brazil -- Social life and customs. Brazil -- Civilization -- African influences. Brésil -- Conditions sociales et morales. Brésil -- Mœurs et coutumes. Brasil -- Vida social y costumbres. Brasil -- Civilización -- Influencias africanas. Brazil -- Vida social y costumbres. Brazil -- Civilizacion -- Influencias africanas. Brazil.