Brazil Slide Series: Collection Sertao, Slide No. 0003.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

Description

A small chapeI and casarão (bighouse) at a sugarcane engenho (mill) in Igaraçu (PE). Northeastern sugarcane and tobacco estates dominated socioeconomic structures in the early colonial period until the 18th Century when the discovery of gold and diamonds in central Minas Gerais shifted Brazil' s economic focus to the Southeast.Pequena capela e casarão num engenho de cana-de-açúcar em Igaraçu (PE). Os estados nordestinos produtores de cana-de-açúcar e tabaco dominaram a estrutura sócio-económica no início do período colonial até o século XVIII quando a descoberta de ouro e diamantes no centro do país, em Minas Gerais, mudou o foco económico do Brasil para o Sudeste.

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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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 1993