The Guaraní and their missions : a socioeconomic history / Julia J.S. Sarreal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarreal, Julia J. S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Missions--Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay)--History--18th century.

Jesuits.

Guarani Indians--Missions--Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay)--History--18th century.

Guarani Indians.

Guarani Indians--Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay)--Economic conditions--18th century.

Missions--Economic aspects--Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay)--History--18th century.

Missions.

Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay)--Economic conditions--18th century.

Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay).

Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay)--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 335 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Under Jesuit management, the Guaraní missions of the Río de la Plata region of South America were the largest and most prosperous of all the Catholic missions established to convert, acculturate, and incorporate indigenous peoples and their lands into the Spanish and Portuguese empires. The book is a socioeconomic history of the Guaraní and their missions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Founding and Early Years

2. Urban Towns on the Frontier

3. The Mission Economy

4. End of an Era

5. Bankruptcy

6. Should We Stay or Should We Go?

7. Procuring Necessities in the Missions

8. Failed Promise of Prosperity

9. Prolonging the Collapse

Appendices

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804791229

0804791228

OCLC:

1198930385