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UNINA9910782090303321 |
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Lake Alison |
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Colonial rosary [[electronic resource] ] : the Spanish and Indian missions of California / / Alison Lake |
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Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2006 |
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1 online resource (262 p.) |
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Missions, Spanish - California - History |
Indians of North America - Missions - California - History |
Spaniards - California - History |
California History To 1846 |
California Social life and customs |
California Race relations |
California Church history |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index. |
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Native California before the missions -- All the world's a stage for Spain -- Exploration and settlement -- Establishment of the missions -- The messengers of St. Francis -- Conversion and mission life -- The women of mission California -- Spanish and Mexican settlement -- Colonial soldiers and the Presidio -- Style and layout of mission buildings -- Farming -- Mission trades and economy -- Indians of the missions -- Changing rule of the missions -- The decline of a civilization -- The cycle of decline and restoration -- Conclusion : the colonial rosary -- Appendix A : research and resources -- Appendix B : additional resources pertaining to California indians. |
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California would be a different place today without the imprint of Spanish culture and the legacy of Indian civilization. The colonial Spanish missions that dot the coast and foothills between Sonoma and San Diego are relics of a past that transformed California's landscape and its people. In a spare and accessible style, Colonial Rosary looks at the complexity of California's Indian civilization and the social effects of missionary control. While oppressive institutions lasted in California |
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for almost eighty years under the tight reins of royal Spain, the Catholic Church, and the government |
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UNINA9910818342303321 |
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Autore |
Dunmur David (David A.) |
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Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs : a history of liquid crystals / / David Dunmur, Tim Sluckin |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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1 online resource (367 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Science and history: the two cultures â€? A note to readers""; ""1 Itâ€?s all Greek to me: an introduction""; ""2 Crystals that flow: fact or fiction""; ""3 Liquid crystals, where do they come from?""; ""4 La Gloire FranÃaise""; ""5 The meeting that wasnâ€?t and the meeting that was""; ""6 The threads of life""; ""7 The winds of war""; ""8 Renaissance""; ""9 An unlikely story""; ""10 The light dawns in the West""; ""11 The sun rises in the East""; ""12 The new world of liquid crystal materials""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""L"" |
""M""""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""S""; ""T""; ""X""; ""Timeline of events in the history of liquid crystals""; ""Chapter notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Acknowledgements for figures and photographs""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
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Liquid crystals had a controversial discovery at the end of the 19th century but were later accepted as a 'fourth state' of matter, and finally used throughout the world in modern displays and new materials. This book explains the fascinating science in accessible terms, and puts it |
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into social, political, and historical perspectives. |
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