índios e bandeirantes nas origens de São Paulo /
John Manuel Monteiro
[São Paulo, Brazil] :
Companhia das Letras,
1994
300 p. :
ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;
21 cm
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 1985
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-288) and index
"Thorough and well-documented history of 16th- and 17th-century society and economy in São Paulo region analyzes impact of slavery on the indigenous peoples of the region and the formation of a slave-based economy and society. Offers new perspectives in the study of regional economies based on indigenous slavery and in the historiography of bandeirantismo (expeditions to the interior)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Bandieras-- Brazil-- São Paulo (State)
Indians of South America-- Brazil-- São Paulo (State)-- History