Contact strategies : histories of native autonomy in Brazil /

Contact Strategies excavates the histories of independent Indians in the vast interior of Brazil, and sheds light on native peoples' many confrontations, negotiations, and tactical decisions to initiate contact with Brazilian society and continue to claim vast territories, centuries after the a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Roller, Heather F. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Whites > Brazil > Relations with Indians > History. Indians of South America > Wars > Brazil. Indians, Treatment of > Brazil > History. Autonomy. Brazil > Ethnic relations > History.

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Summary:	Contact Strategies excavates the histories of independent Indians in the vast interior of Brazil, and sheds light on native peoples' many confrontations, negotiations, and tactical decisions to initiate contact with Brazilian society and continue to claim vast territories, centuries after the arrival of Europeans.
Physical Description:	xiv, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781503628106 1503628108 9781503628113 1503628116