Before Brasília

Frontier Life in Central Brazil

By Mary C. Karasch
Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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About The Book

Before Brasília offers an in-depth exploration of life in the captaincy of Goiás during the late colonial and early national period of Brazilian history.

About The Author

Mary C. Karasch

Mary C. Karasch is a professor emerita of history at Oakland University. She lives in Tempe, Arizona. Her 1987 book Slave Life in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1850 won the prestigious Albert J. Beveridge Award from the American Historical Association.

Product Details

  • Publisher: UNM Press (December 1, 2016)
  • Length: 456 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826357625

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Historian Mary Karasch, author of the award-winning Slave Life in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1850, has published a new book on the history of central Brazil that promises to be as influential as her first work. . . . Thoroughly researched, well-documented, and clearly written.--Mariana C. Françozo, The Americas

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Frontier Life in Central Brazil

By Mary C. Karasch
Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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