The People of the River: Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835-1945

Author/Contributor(s):	de la Torre, Oscar
Publisher:	University of North Carolina Press
Date:	10/15/2018
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"In this history of the black peasants of Amazonia, Oscar de la Torre focuses on the experience of African-descended people navigating the transition from slavery to freedom. Drawing on social and environmental history, he connects the Amazonians intimately to their natural landscapes. Relying on the natural world as a repository for traditions, discourses, and strategies that they retrieved especially in moments of conflict, Afro-Brazilians fought for autonomous communities and developed a vibrant ethnic identity that supported their struggles over labor, land, and citizenship."--