Peopling for profit in imperial Brazil : directed migrations and the business of nineteenth-century colonization /

"This book introduces general and specialized readers to the migrants, entrepreneurs, and statesmen who turned colonization into a business in Brazil. Readers will learn that the deep entanglement between profit and politics stoked the migratory movements that made Brazil the populous country i...

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Main Author: Pérez Meléndez, José Juan (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Series:Cambridge Latin American studies ; 132.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"This book introduces general and specialized readers to the migrants, entrepreneurs, and statesmen who turned colonization into a business in Brazil. Readers will learn that the deep entanglement between profit and politics stoked the migratory movements that made Brazil the populous country it is today"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 399 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781009281874
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DOI:10.1017/9781009281874