Brazil: Independent From Independence - Indigenous Nations And Maroon Societies During The Emergence Of The Brazilian National State

Brazil: Independent From Independence - Indigenous Nations And Maroon Societies During The Emergence Of The Brazilian National State   Genaro Vilanova Miranda de Oliveira, 2011   Territorial integrity and the nation's cohesion are often referred to as distinctive Brazilian features within the wider Latin American independence context. However, it can be argued that this historiographical approach, based on the premises of homogeneity of time, population and geography, silences the...

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