"Excellent microhistory of Fazenda Resgate, a 19th-century plantation in the municipality of Bananal, São Paulo, based on family and government records. Includes chapters on development of the fazenda, the economy of the municipality, construction of the main house, the business activities of the owners, and family and kinship links among the slaves. Complemented by many photographs"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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