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Indians, Missionaries and Merchants : the Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers.

California's earliest European colonists - Russian merchants and Franciscan missionaries - both depended heavily on Native American labor to build and maintain their colonies, but they did so in very different ways. This richly detailed book brings together disparate skeins of history - includi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lightfoot, Kent G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Dimensions and Consequences of Colonial Encounters; 2 Visions of Precolonial Native California; 3 Franciscan Missions in Alta California; 4 Native Agency in the Franciscan Missions; 5 Russian Merchants in California; 6 Native Agency in the Ross Colony; 7 Missionary and Mercantile Colonies in California: The Implications; 8 The Aftermath; 9 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.