Indians, Franciscans, and Spanish Colonization

The Impact of the Mission System on California Indians
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-8263-1753-7
Verlag: University of New Mexico Press

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

This ethnohistory examines Indian life in the twenty-one missions Franciscans established in Alta California. In describing how the missions functioned between 1769 and 1848, the authors draw on previously unused sources to analyse change and continuity in Indian material culture and religious practices. The twin goals of Franciscans were to mould Indians into a work force that would produce surplus grain for military garrisons and to regulate their moral conduct and religious practices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Robert H.

Castillo, Edward

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Political economy of the Alta California missions -- Aspects of social and cultural change in the mission communities -- Demographic collapse in the Alta California missions -- Resistance and social control in the Alta California missions -- Mission secularization and the development of Alta California in the 1830s and 1840s -- Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Jackson is a professor of history at Texas Southern University.