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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777850503321

Autore

Sandos James A

Titolo

Converting California [[electronic resource] ] : Indians and Franciscans in the missions / / James A. Sandos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-281-72945-0

9786611729455

0-300-12912-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Western Americana series

Disciplina

266/.2794

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Missions - California - History

Indians, Treatment of - California - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. California's Missions as Instruments of Social Control -- 2. Indians at Contact -- 3. Junípero Serra and Franciscan Evangelization -- 4. The Indians of San Diego Say ''No!'' -- 5. Serra Refuses to Turn Back -- 6. Fermín Francisco Lasuén and Evangelization -- 7. Evangelization in Serra's Shadow -- 8. ''The Only Heritage Their Parents Gave Them'': Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Other Diseases -- 9. Music and Conversion -- 10. Indian Resistance to Missionization -- 11. Assessing California's Missions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a compelling and balanced history of the California missions and their impact on the Indians they tried to convert. Focusing primarily on the religious conflict between the two groups, it sheds new light on the tensions, accomplishments, and limitations of the California mission experience. James A. Sandos, an eminent authority on the American West, traces the history of the Franciscan missions from the creation of the first one in 1769 until they were turned over to the public in 1836. Addressing such topics as the singular theology of the missions, the role of music in bonding Indians to Franciscan enterprises, the diseases caused by contact with the missions, and the Indian resistance to missionary activity, Sandos not only describes what



happened in the California missions but offers a persuasive explanation for why it happened.