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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822948003321

Autore

Lake Alison

Titolo

Colonial rosary : the Spanish and Indian missions of California / / Alison Lake

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8040-4022-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Disciplina

979.4

Soggetti

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

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 (p. 231-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



for almost eighty years under the tight reins of royal Spain, the Catholic Church, and the government