African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
280 p, Contents: Introduction: Family, Frontier, and the Colonization of the Americas --; Indians, Portuguese, and Mamelucos: The Sixteenth-Century Colonization of Sao Vicente --; Town, Kingdom, and Wilderness --; The Origins of Social Class --; Families of Planters --; Families of Peasants --; Families of Slaves --; Conclusion: Family and Frontier at Independence --; Town of Santana de Parnaiba --; Sao Vicente in the Age of the Bandeiras --; Sao Paulo and the Gold Rush --; Towns of Colonial Sao Paulo --; Population of Principal Towns of Sao Vicente, 1676 --; Deaths among Social Groups, Parish of Aracariguama, 1720-1731 --; Two Agricultural Economies: Income from Crops by Class of Farmer, 1798 --; Landownership by Class of Farmer, 1775 --; The Town Center in 1798 --; Race and Class in Parnaiba, 1820 --; Division of Mariana Pais's Estate, 1740 --; Composition of Planter Family Estates, Eighteenth Century --; Settlement Patterns of the Descendants of the Original Founders of Parnaiba --; Settlement Patterns of the Descendants of Mariana Pais, Great-Great-Granddaughter of the Original Founders of Parnaiba --; The Planters of Parnaiba --; Land Use Patterns of the Peasantry, 1775 --; Godparents of Peasant Children --; Households Headed by Men and Women, Peasant Population, 1820 --; Urban and Rural Family Structure, Peasant Population, 1820 --; Female-headed Households, Peasant Population, 1775 and 1820 --; African and Creole Slaves, 1820 --; Crude Marriage Rates, Slave and Free Populations --; Slave Marriages, Santana Parish, 1726-1820 --; Slave Families on Three Large Estates, 1740s
