San Antonio and its missions : three centuries of history, memory, and heritage / Joel Daniel Kitchens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitchens, Joel D., Author.

Series:

Vistas (Series : College Station, Tex.) http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/7389d961-8b9e-eb07-b77b-d6072ee61004

Vistas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Missions--Texas--San Antonio--History.

Catholic Church.

Tourism--Texas--San Antonio--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Tourism.

Spanish mission buildings--Texas--San Antonio--History.

Spanish mission buildings.

Church architecture--Texas--San Antonio.

Church architecture.

Missions, Spanish--Texas--San Antonio--History.

Missions, Spanish.

San Antonio (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

San Antonio (Tex.).

San Antonio (Tex.)--Church history.

San Antonio (Tex.)--History.

Buildings.

Missions.

Tourism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Texas--San Antonio.

Genre:

Church history

History

Physical Description:

xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Characterizing San Antonio's five Spanish colonial-era missions as "sites of memory," author and historian Joel Daniel Kitchens explores how and why Spain built the missions, what happened to the missions after the Spanish colonizers left, and how and why the missions came to weigh so heavily in American imagination and identity, even into the twenty-first century. While the Alamo figures prominently in these discussions, nonetheless all five missions collectively are an enduring and deeply rooted part of the city's cultural legacy, as recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2015. This careful study aims to tease out the means and process by which the missions of San Antonio came to represent much more than the original religious and educational functions that began three centuries ago at what was then a remote site on the Spanish colonial frontier. Incorporating deep research into Spanish Colonial documents, census data, travel narratives, advertisements by railroad companies, tourist guides, and even the buildings themselves, San Antonio and Its Missions: Three Centuries of History, Memory, and Heritage adds nuanced layers of understanding to the ways in which these buildings and the stories they embody continue to contribute to cultural and historical memory"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Beginning of the Mission Age in San Antonio, 1718-1820

Changing Times at the Missions, 1821-1877

Arrival of the Iron Horse in San Antonio, 1877-1890s

Preserving the Missions and Marketing the Myths, 1880s-1936

"Picturesque San Antonio": From Post-Centennial to the Alamo in Midcentury Hollywood Epics, 1940s-1960

The Culmination of San Antonio's Missions as Sites of Memory: Fairs, Parks, and World Heritage Status, 1960-2018.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-295) and index.

Other Format:

Online version Kitchens, Joel D. San Antonio and its missions

ISBN:

9781648433405

1648433405

OCLC:

1528595034