Sonora : Its Geographical Personality.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

West, Robert C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sonora (Mexico : State)--Historical geography.

Sonora (Mexico : State).

Sonora (Mexico : State)--History.

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

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: University of Texas Press, 1993.

Summary:

In this cultural historical geography, Robert C. West explores the dual geographic "personality" of this part of Mexico's northern frontier.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Abbreviations Used

Preface

1. Physical and Biotic Aspects of Sonora

2. The Aboriginal Cultures of Sonora

3. Spanish Settlement of Sonora: The Missions

4. Spanish Settlement of Sonora: The Mines and Ranches

5. Mine and Mission Relations in Colonial Sonora

6. Indian Depredations in Sonora

7. The Sonoran Gold Craze

8. The Growing Domination of Western Sonora

Appendix A. A Jesuit Memoria

Appendix B. Property of the Mission of Sahuaripa, 1735

Appendix C. Church Lands along the Lower Bavispe Valley, 1790

Appendix D. Sellos, 1684 and 1714

Appendix E. Monthly Statistics on the Mining Camp of San Francisco de Asís, 1805-1809

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: West, Robert C. Sonora

ISBN:

9780292767270

OCLC:

1313892617