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PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300136439
ISBN-139780300136432
eBay Product ID (ePID)63650723
Product Key Features
Book TitleConverting California : Indians and Franciscans in the Missions
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicChristian Ministry / Missions, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Christianity / Catholic, Religious, Native American
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJames A. Sandos
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-070398
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsGenerations of writers have defended or deplored California's fabled Spanish missions. Historian James Sandos takes us beyond the polemics, with fresh and convincing explanations of Indians and missionaries alike.
Dewey Decimal266/.2794
SynopsisThis book is a compelling and balanced history of the California missions and their impact on the Indians they tried to convert. Focusing primarily on the religious conflict between the two groups, it sheds new light on the tensions, accomplishments, and limitations of the California mission experience. James A. Sandos, an eminent authority on the American West, traces the history of the Franciscan missions from the creation of the first one in 1769 until they were turned over to the public in 1836. Addressing such topics as the singular theology of the missions, the role of music in bonding Indians to Franciscan enterprises, the diseases caused by contact with the missions, and the Indian resistance to missionary activity, Sandos not only describes what happened in the California missions but offers a persuasive explanation for why it happened.
LC Classification NumberE78.C15S36 2008
