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Amazon frontier: The defeat of the Brazilian Indians

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Amazon Frontier covers the 150 years when the first European scientists expolred the natural riches of Amazonia and became fascinated by its tribal peoples. Exciting and murderous encounters with new tribes continued throughout the nineteenth century, particularly when the Amazon's rubber monopoly made Manaus a frontier boom town. However, the Indian population, once so feared by the Europeans, began to decline and they became little more than objects of anthropological study or romantic literature. John Hemming ends his account in 1910 with the creation of Brazil's famous Indian Protection Service, a subject he resumes in Die If You Must

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Ketersediaan

0398-2009-Ali Alatas

930.981 Hem a

Perpustakaan Diplomasi (Koleksi Ali Alatas)

Tersedia

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

930.981 Hem a

Penerbit

Cambridge : Harvard University Press., 1987

Deskripsi Fisik

xi, 647 pages : maps, illustration, index ; 24 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-674-01725-0

Klasifikasi

930.981

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

Brazilian Indians history

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

John Hemming

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