The Golden Age of Brazil: Growing Pains of a Colonial Society, 1695-1750

Analyzes the turbulent events of Brazil's "golden age," during which time the King of Portugal was believed to be the richest in Europe and Lisbon became "the most visibly rich of cities." Covers the economic and administrative changes of the period as well as the relationship of officials with colonists, settlers with Indians, and colony with mother country. A reissue of a study first published in 1962 by the University of California Press and the Cambridge University Press, with new color and b&w illustrations. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.