Missions and the frontiers of Spanish America : a comparative study of the impact of environmental, economic, political, and socio-cultural variations on the missions in the Rio de la Plata Region and on the Northern Frontier of New Spain /

Missions and the frontiers of Spanish America : a comparative study of the impact of environmental, economic, political, and socio-cultural variations on the missions in the Rio de la Plata Region and on the Northern Frontier of New Spain /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jackson, Robert H.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Scottsdale, AZ : Pentacle Press, 2005.
Description:	xxii, 568 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Franciscans. Jesuits. Franciscans -- History. Jesuits -- History. Missions, Spanish -- History. Missions, Spanish -- California -- History. Missions, Spanish -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- History. Missions, Spanish -- Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History. Indians of North America -- Missions -- California -- History. Indians of South America -- Missions -- Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History. Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- History. Indians of Mexico. Indians of North America -- Missions. Indians of South America -- Missions. Missions, Spanish. Spain. California. Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) South America -- Rio de la Plata Region. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6821658

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ISBN:	0976350009 (alk. paper) 9780976350002 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-502) and index.
Summary:	Comparative study of Spanish missions on the frontiers of New Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries, examining the impact of environmental, economic, political and socio-cultural variations on the development of missions in the Rio de la Plata region and on the Northern Frontier (California, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico and Florida).

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Summary:	Robert Jackson's tenth and most ambitious book explores the factors and dispels the false ideas around how the fringes of Spain's empire in the Americas developed. He details how environmental differences and socio-cultural variations had a controlling influence on development of the missions in each region and how these factors explain the striking differences in the mission structure. Jackson's extensive on-site research covers New Mexico (1598-1580 and 1696-1833), the Rio de la Plata region (1609-1848), the Primeria Alta Region (1687-1833), Texas (1690-1695 and 1716-1815), Baja California (1697-1833), and Alta California (1769-1833). Missions and the Frontiers of Spanish America is a readable and generously illustrated book that puts the role of the missions, missionaries, and indigenous peoples into a broader historical context.
Physical Description:	xxii, 568 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-502) and index.
ISBN:	0976350009 9780976350002