Natives, Iberians, and Imperial Loyalties in the South American Borderlands, 1750-1800

by FRANCISMAR ALEX LOPES DE CARVALHO

This book examines the efforts of Spaniards and Portuguese to attract Native peoples and other settlers to the villages, missions, and fortifications they installed in a disputed area between present-day Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. The first part examines how autonomous Native peoples and those who lived in the Jesuit missions responded to the Indigenous policies the Iberian crowns initiated following the 1768 expulsion of the Society of Jesus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031132475
• ISBN13: 9783031132476
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"