Title: Expecting pears from an elm tree : Franciscan missions on the Chiriguano frontier in the heart of South America, 1830-1949 /
Authors: Langer, Erick Detlef.
Publisher: Duke University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Franciscans Missions Bolivia History; Franciscans Missions Bolivia History; Chiriguano Indians Missions Bolivia History; Chiriguano Indians Missions Bolivia History; Indians of South America Missions Bolivia.; Bolivia Church history.
Contents: The "Chiriguano wars" : Indian warfare and the establishment of the missions -- The Franciscans -- Death and migration : the population decline of the missions -- Daily life and the development of mission culture -- Conversion, chiefs, and rebellions : relationships of power on the missions -- Missions and the frontier economy -- Outside relations and the decline of the missions -- From the Chaco war to secularization, 1932/1949 -- Comparisons.