| Series |
European expansion and indigenous response, 1873-8974 ; volume 36
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| Contents |
Initial thoughts -- List of illustrations and tables -- Introduction -- Preliminaries -- The Sierra Gorda and Texas missions -- The Bourbon reforms and the ex-Jesuit missions of Baja California and Northern Sonora -- The Jesuit missions among the Guaraní -- Congregation: The formation of the California mission communities -- The Mission urban plan, social control, and indigenous resistance -- Demographic patterns on the missions -- An alternative pattern of development: San Diego and San Luis Rey Missions -- Non-indigenous settlers in California -- Conclusions -- Epilogue: Saint or sinner? reformers and missionaries -- Appendix 1: The Jesuit presence in Spanish America in 1767 -- Appendix 2: Population, baptisms, and burials on selected Texas Missions -- Appendix 3: The population and vital rates of selected Baja California Missions -- Appendix 4: The population and vital rates of selected Jesuit Missions among the Guaraní -- Appendix 5: The population and vital rates of selected California Missions and the Villa de Branciforte -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
| Abstract |
"The Bourbon monarchs who ascended the Spanish throne in 1700 attempted to reform the colonial system they had inherited, and, in particular, to make administration more efficient and cost-effective. This book analyses one aspect of the Bourbon reforms, which was the efforts to transform frontier missions, to make the missions more cost-effective, and to accelerate the integration of indigenous peoples in northern Mexico to European cultural norms. In some instances, the Crown had funded missions for more than a century, but with minimal results. The book attempts to show how the mission programs changed, and what the consequences - especially demographic - were for the indigenous peoples brought to live on the missions"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-348) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021055599 |
| ISBN | 9789004505124 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
