The Bourbon reforms and the remaking of Spanish frontier missions / by Robert H. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Robert H. (Robert Howard), author.

Series:

European Expansion and Indigenous Response

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bourbon, House of.

Missions, Spanish--History.

Missions, Spanish.

Indians, Treatment of.

Indians of North America--Missions.

Indians of North America.

Indians of Mexico--Missions.

Indians of Mexico.

Spain--Colonies--Administration--History--18th century.

Spain.

Spain--Colonies--North America--History--18th century.

Spain--Colonies--Mexico--History--18th century.

North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

North America.

Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Mexico.

Mexican-American Border Region--History.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Catholic Church--Missions--History.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

"The Bourbon monarchs who ascended the Spanish throne in 1700 attempted to reform the colonial system they had inherited, and, in particular, to make administration more efficient and cost-effective. This book analyses one aspect of the Bourbon reforms, which was the efforts to transform frontier missions, to make the missions more cost-effective, and to accelerate the integration of indigenous peoples in northern Mexico to European cultural norms. In some instances, the Crown had funded missions for more than a century, but with minimal results. The book attempts to show how the mission programs changed, and what the consequences - especially demographic - were for the indigenous peoples brought to live on the missions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Initial thoughts

List of illustrations

Introduction

Preliminaries

The Sierra Gorda and Texas missions

The Bourbon reforms and the ex-Jesuit missions of Baja California and Northern Sonora

The Jesuit missions among the Guaraní

Congregation: The formation of the California mission communities

The Mission urban plan, social control, and indigenous resistance

Demographic patterns on the missions

An alternative pattern of development: San Diego and San Luis Rey Missions

Non-indigenous settlers in California

Conclusions

Epilogue: Saint or sinner? reformers and missionaries

Appendix 1: The Jesuit presence in Spanish America in 1767

Appendix 2: Population, baptisms, and burials on selected Texas Missions

Appendix 3: The population and vital rates of selected Baja California Missions

Appendix 4: The population and vital rates of selected Jesuit Missions among the Guaraní

Appendix 5: The population and vital rates of selected California Missions and the Villa de Branciforte

Selected bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Jackson, Robert H. The Bourbon Reforms and the Remaking of Spanish Frontier Missions

ISBN:

9789004505261

OCLC:

1287746741