Hal Langfur

About The Author

Hal Langfur is an associate professor of history at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Books by Hal Langfur

Native Brazil

Beyond the Convert and the Cannibal, 1500-1900

Edited by Hal Langfur
The earliest European accounts of Brazil’s indigenous inhabitants focused on the natives’ startling appearance and conduct—especially their nakedness and cannibalistic rituals—and on the process of converting them to clothed, docile Christian vassals. This volume contributes to the unfinished tas...
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