Indians, Franciscans, and Spanish colonization
Subtitle: the impact of the mission system on California Indians
By: Robert H. Jackson, Edward Castillo.
Contributors: Castillo, Edward D.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Franciscans -- Missions -- California.; Indians of North America -- Missions -- California.; Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- California.
Description: "Well-documented study demonstrates that conditions within the California missions caused high mortality rates among the Indians"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: Political economy of the Alta California missions; title: Aspects of social and cultural change in the mission communities; title: Demographic collapse in the Alta California missions; title: Resistance and social control in the Alta California missions; title: Mission secularization and the development of Alta California in the 1830s and 1840s; title: Conclusions.