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Expecting pears from an elm tree : Franciscan missions on the Chiriguano frontier in the heart of South America, 1830-1949 / Erick D. Langer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Langer, Erick D.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franciscans--Missions--Bolivia--History--19th century.
- Franciscans.
- Franciscans--Missions--Bolivia--History--20th century.
- Chiriguano Indians--Missions--Bolivia--History--19th century.
- Chiriguano Indians.
- Chiriguano Indians--Missions--Bolivia--History--20th century.
- Indians of South America--Missions--Bolivia.
- Indians of South America.
- Bolivia--Church history.
- Bolivia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Analyzes one of the most important Catholic mission systems in republican-era Latin America, the Franciscan missions among the Chiriguano Indians in Bolivia, as a model for the study of a postcolonial missions system, focusing on the struggle of the Chrig
- Contents:
- The "Chiriguano wars" : Indian warfare and the establishment of the missions
- The Franciscans
- Death and migration : the population decline of the missions
- Daily life and the development of mission culture
- Conversion, chiefs, and rebellions : relationships of power on the missions
- Missions and the frontier economy
- Outside relations and the decline of the missions
- From the Chaco war to secularization, 1932/1949
- Comparisons.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613064936
- 9781283064934
- 1283064936
- 9780822390916
- 0822390914
- OCLC:
- 434869152
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