Author: Freyre, Gilberto [1900-1987]
Title: The Masters and the Slaves : (Casa-grande & senzala): A Study in the Development of Brazilian Civilization;
Description: New York, Knopf, 1956. 2nd Edition. orig. cloth. 25x16cm, lxxi,537,xliv?, Several pages bear pencilled notes & underlinings.. 2pp. plans. Some rubbing. Spine crease. Binding corner bump. VG. ¶ 2nd English-language edition, revised. Translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam. Contents: General Characteristics of the Portuguese Colonization of Brazil: Formation of an Agrarian, Slave-Holding and Hybrid Society; The Native in the Formation of the Brazilian Family; The Portuguese Colonizer: Antecedents and Predispositions; The Negro Slave in the Sexual and Family Life of the Brazilian.

Keywords: Historical Sociology, Blacks, African Slavery, Social Anthropology, Afro-Brazilian, Africans, Afro-Brazilians, South America, Brazil