Preview
Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
Zebu cattle (a Brahma subspieces imported from India during the colonial period and interbreed) grazing in the arid sertão or hinterland in the Northeast. In order to supply the coastal sugar states, urban centers and later mining regions, with meat, leather, beasts of burden and other foodstuffs, large ranches or wandering herds were established during the colonial period in the sertão. These cattle herds developed in the best watered areas, especially in Bahia and Pernambuco along the São Francisco river. The labor force on the ranches were primarily mixed bloods, for the relative social freedom in the hinterland was appealing to those whose social position would otherwise be marginal.Gado zebu (uma sub-espécie miscigenada, que foi importada da índia durante o período colonial) criado no árido sertão ou interior do nordeste. Com o objetivo de suprir os estados costeiros produtores de açúcar, centros urbanos e regiões mineiras, com carne, couro, animais de tração e outros produtos alimentícios, grandes fazendas ou manadas se estabeleceram durante o período colonial no sertão. Estas manadas se desenvolveram nas áreas de melhor irrigação, especialmente na Bahia e Pernambuco, ao longo do rio São Francisco,. A força de trabalho nas fazendas era primeiramente composta de mestiços, porque a relativa liberdade social no interior era propícia àqueles que, em caso contrário, seriam marginalizados socialmente.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1991
Keywords
Brazil: Sao Paulo
