Why have you come here? [[electronic resource] ] : the Jesuits and the first evangelization of native America / / Nicholas P. Cushner

• Autore: Cushner Nicholas P
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 266/.27
• Soggetto geografico: North America History
• Classificazione: 15.85
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Two Worlds Meet; 2. La Florida; 3. The Four Rivers of Sinaloa; 4. Conquest, Pacification, and Conversion; 5. Julí: Utopia or Theocracy; 6. The Guaraní; 7. Art, Architecture, and Theater; 8. The Beaver and the Fleur-de-Lis; 9. Maryland: "A Fine, Poor Man's Country"; 10. Retrospective; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Why Have You Come Here?' examines how the Jesuits behaved toward the indigenous population and analyzes the way in which native belief systems were replaced by Christianity. It also seeks to understand how the European-Indian encounter changed their material culture.
• Titolo autorizzato: Why have you come here
• ISBN: 1-4356-1916-1; 1-281-16336-8; 0-19-804208-6; 0-19-530801-8; 9786611163365
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792236603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II