Expecting pears from an elm tree
Subtitle: Franciscan missions on the Chiriguano frontier in the heart of South America, 1830-1949
By: Erick D. Langer.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9780822344919; 9780822345046
Subjects: Franciscans -- Missions -- Bolivia -- History -- 19th century; Franciscans -- Missions -- Bolivia -- History -- 20th century; Chiriguano Indians -- Missions -- Bolivia -- History -- 19th century; Chiriguano Indians -- Missions -- Bolivia -- History -- 20th century; Indians of South America -- Missions -- Bolivia; Bolivia -- Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The "Chiriguano wars" : Indian warfare and the establishment of the missions; title: The Franciscans; title: Death and migration : the population decline of the missions; title: Daily life and the development of mission culture; title: Conversion, chiefs, and rebellions : relationships of power on the missions; title: Missions and the frontier economy; title: Outside relations and the decline of the missions; title: From the Chaco war to secularization, 1932/1949; title: Comparisons.