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Colonial rosary : the Spanish and Indian missions of California /

California would be a different place today without the imprint of Spanish culture and the legacy of Indian civilization. The colonial Spanish missions that dot the coast and foothills between Sonoma and San Diego are relics of a past that transformed California's landscape and its people. In a...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Lake, Alison (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, ©2006.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Native California before the missions
  • All the world's a stage for Spain
  • Exploration and settlement
  • Establishment of the missions
  • The messengers of St. Francis
  • Conversion and mission life
  • The women of mission California
  • Spanish and Mexican settlement
  • Colonial soldiers and the Presidio
  • Style and layout of mission buildings
  • Farming
  • Mission trades and economy
  • Indians of the missions
  • Changing rule of the missions
  • The decline of a civilization
  • The cycle of decline and restoration
  • Conclusion : the colonial rosary
  • Appendix A : research and resources
  • Appendix B : additional resources pertaining to California indians.