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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779471703321

Autore

Classen Albrecht

Titolo

Early history of the Southwest through the eyes of German-speaking Jesuit missionaries [[electronic resource] ] : a transcultural experience in the eighteenth century / / Albrecht Classen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2013

ISBN

1-283-89174-3

0-7391-7785-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

266.02343072

Soggetti

Missionaries - Southwest, New - History - 18th century

Indians of North America - Southwest, New - History - 18th century

Missionaries - Southwest, New

Southwest, New History To 1848 Sources

Southwest, New Foreign public opinion, German History 18th century Sources

Southwest, New Foreign public opinion, Swiss History 18th century Sources

Southwest, New Ethnic relations History 18th century Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 German-Speaking Jesuit Missionaries in the AmericanSouthwest: Global Perspectives of a Local Phenomenon in theEighteenth Century-An Introduction; 2 Major German Jesuit Writers and Their Biographies: A GlobalHistory from Individual Perspectives; 3 Father Eusebio Kino-The Pioneer: Discovery, Encounters, andthe Establishment of the Kino Missionary Network; 4 Joseph Stoecklein's Welt-Bott: A Jesuit's Collection of GlobalMissionary Reports for a German Audience

5 An Encyclopedic Approach to the Early History of Sonora: ThePimería Alta as Seen by Ignaz Pfefferkorn, a German ScientistMissionary and Anthropologist in the New World6 Joseph Och's Travel Reports: An Autobiographical Perspective; 7 The Personal Perspective: Letters by the Swiss Jesuit PhilippSegesser, a Missionary's Correspondence with His



Family; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides unique and lively, authentic, and source-based insights into the history, culture, geograpyh, fauna, flaura, geology, climate, and politics of eighteenth-century Sonora/Arizona, drawing from the fascinating first-hand accounts written by German speaking Jesuit missionaries. Transcultural experiences of extraordinary kinds dominate those accounts which allow us to understand the difficult, problematic, sometimes hostile, but then also productive and fruitful contacts, interactions, and dealings between the European missionaries and the native population.</sp