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The Timucuan chiefdoms of Spanish Florida. Volume 1, Assimilations. / John E. Worth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Worth, John E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Timucua Indians--Kings and rulers.
- Timucua Indians.
- Franciscans--Missions--Florida--History.
- Franciscans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, [1998]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This first volume of John Worth's substantial two-volume work studies the assimilation and eventual destruction of the indigenous Timucuan societies of interior Spanish Florida near St.Augustine, shedding new light on the nature and function of La Florida's entire mission system.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1: The Timucuan Chiefdoms
- Origins
- The Rise of Southeastern Chiefdoms
- Chiefdoms among the Interior Timucua
- Chapter 2: Prehistoric Roots and Early European Contact
- The St. Johns River Chiefdoms: Fragmentation of the Outina Confederacy
- The Inter-Riverine Lake District: The Potano Chiefdom
- Chiefdoms of the Suwannee River Watershed
- Chiefdoms of the Okefenokee Swamp/St. Marys/Satilla Region
- The Dawn of the Franciscan Mission Era
- Chapter 3: Missionization
- The Process of Missionization
- The Rendering of Obedience
- The Establishment of Missions
- Chapter 4: Missionizing the Timucuan Interior, 1587-1630
- Early Franciscan Activity, 1587-1605
- Missionizing the Interior Chiefdoms, 1606-16
- Missionizing the Interior Chiefdoms, 1616-30
- Chapter 5: The Interior Timucuan Chiefdoms
- The Republic of Indians
- Communities and Chiefdoms
- Leadership
- Local Chiefdoms
- Regional Chiefdoms
- Chapter 6: The Franciscan Jurisdiction
- Florida and the Franciscan Order
- Mission Provinces
- The Florida Missions
- Religious and Secular Authority
- Chapter 7: The Military Jurisdiction
- The Presidio of San Agustín de la Florida
- Governors and Caciques
- Garrisoning the Mission Frontier
- The Indian Militia
- Chapter 8: The Roots of Economic Dependency
- The Economics of Missionization
- Early Interaction
- The Importance of Corn
- Chapter 9: The Indian Fund
- The Price of Chiefly Alliance
- Distribution
- Chapter 10: Infrastructure of the Colonial System
- Land, People, and Agricultural Productivity
- Travel, Transport, and Communication
- Chapter 11: Provisioning the Mission Provinces
- Aboriginal Subsistence
- Local Support for the Missions
- External Support.
- Chapter 12: Surplus from the Mission Provinces
- Surplus Agricultural Production
- The Corn Trade
- Trade Competition
- Chapter 13: The Colonial Labor System
- Corn Production in St. Augustine
- The Repartimiento
- Abuses
- Chapter 14: Private Enterprise
- Haciendas in the Mission Provinces
- The La Chua Ranch
- The Asile Farm
- Ranching, Farming, and Aboriginal Labor
- Chapter 15: The Economic Structure of the Colonial System
- Overview
- Aboriginal Labor
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-6589-5
- 0-8130-2351-3
- OCLC:
- 1262330142
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