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HEMMING (John). RED Gold: The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians. Cambridge. 1978. - HEMMING (John) RED Gold: The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians . Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978. xxiv, 678 pp.: il.; 240mm. First edition. A seminal work on the conquest and decline of Brazil's indigenous populations between 1500 and 1760, covering the Portuguese discovery, the progressive subjugation of coastal and inland tribes, the exploitation of indigenous slaves, the impact of Jesuit missions, and the devastation caused by disease, war, and forced labor. Hemming estimates Brazil's indigenous population at around 2.4 million in 1500 and documents its collapse to one hundred thousand survivors in the 1970s. The work was later completed by the sequel ”Amazon Frontier” (1994), covering the period from 1760 to 1910. Together, they constitute the most exhaustive and well-documented history ever written about the contact between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of Brazil. [Sought after.] ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate