Amazonian Routes : Indigenous Mobility and Colonial Communities in Northern Brazil.

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Orthography and Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Missions to Towns: Amazonian Settlements in an Era of Reform -- 2. Forest Collecting Expeditions and the Pursuit of Opportunities in the Sertão -- 3. Searching for "New People" -- 4. "The Indians of This Town Ebb and Flow": Absentee Movements Within the Colonial Sphere -- 5. Defining Indians and Vagrants -- 6. The Struggle for Autonomy in the Early Nineteenth Century -- Conclusion: Mobile and Rooted -- Appendix A: Directorate Settlements in the Captaincies of Grão-Pará and São José do Rio Negro -- Appendix B: Demography, 1770s-1790s -- Appendix C: Ethnic Groups Appearing in Documents at the Arquivo Público do Estado do Pará (APEP) in Belém, Brazil -- Notes -- Glossary of Portuguese and Língua Geral Terms -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book examines the role of spatial mobility in the formation and consolidation of indigenous communities in the colonial Amazon.

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