Texts on indians and landscapes in mission settlements

• Grant number: 14/50146-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants - Publications - Books published in Brazil
• Start date: June 01, 2014
• End date: May 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology - Indigenous Ethnology
• Principal Investigator: Marta Rosa Amoroso
• Grantee: Marta Rosa Amoroso
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this book, the establishment of indigenous mission settlements during the Brazilian Empire (1845-1898) is considered through a focus on two junctures. Initially, we roam over as yet relatively intact swathes of Atlantic Rainforest, which then (as today (AU)