Peopling for Profit in Imperial Brazil: Directed Migrations and the Business of Nineteenth-Century Colonization

by José Juan Pérez Meléndez

Peopling for Profit provides a comprehensive history of migration to nineteenth-century imperial Brazil. Rather than focus on Brazilian slavery or the mass immigration of the end of the century, José Juan Pérez Meléndez examines the orchestrated efforts of migrant recruitment, transport to, and settlement in post-independence Brazil. The book explores Brazil's connections to global colonization drives and migratory movements, unveiling how the Brazilian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009281844
• ISBN13: 9781009281843
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"