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PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
ISBN-100826367178
ISBN-139780826367174
eBay Product ID (ePID)28067070427
Product Key Features
Number of Pages344 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePortuguese Jews and New Christians in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822 : A New Geography of the Atlantic World
Publication Year2024
SubjectJudaism / History, Latin America / General, Latin America / South America, Jewish
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, History
AuthorAlan P. Marcus
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"This masterful use of Inquisition records and other sources reveals the roles of Portuguese Jews in colonial Brazil and, more broadly, in networks that spanned the Atlantic from Brazil to Amsterdam, Africa, the Caribbean, New York, and other places."--Andrew Sluyter, author of Colonialism and Landscape: Postcolonial Theory and Applications
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One. The Portuguese New Christian Uniqueness in the New World Chapter Two. The Portuguese Inquisition and the Impact of Portuguese Jews and New Christians Chapter Three. The Portuguese World, and Portuguese-Jewish Diasporas Chapter Four. Sugar and the First New Christians in Colonial Brazil Chapter Five. The First Jewish Settlement in the Americas Chapter Six. Results from the Examination of the Portuguese Inquisition Dossiers in Brazil Conclusion Afterword Appendix Glossary References
SynopsisThe diaspora of Portuguese Jews and New Christians, known as Gente da Nação (People of the Nation), is considered the largest European diaspora of the early modern period. Portuguese Jews not only founded the first congregations and synagogues in Brazil (Recife and Olinda), but when they left Brazil they played an imperative role in establishing the first Jewish communities in Suriname, throughout the Caribbean, and in North America. Portuguese Jews and New Christians and their descendants were deeply involved in the colonial enterprise in Brazil. They were among the New World's first sugarcane-industry experts, skilled laborers, merchants, rabbis, calligraphists, playwrights, poets, writers, pharmacists, medical doctors, real estate brokers, and geographers--a fact that remains largely unknown in most public and academic spheres. Drawing on nearly twenty thousand digitized dossiers of the Portuguese Inquisition, this volume offers a comprehensive, critical overview informed by both relatively inaccessible secondary sources and a significant body of primary sources., The diaspora of Portuguese Jews and New Christians is considered the largest European diaspora of the early modern period. Drawing on nearly 20,000 digitized dossiers of the Portuguese Inquisition, this volume offers a comprehensive, critical overview informed by relatively inaccessible secondary sources and a significant body of primary sources.
