Converting California : Indians and Franciscans in the missions /

Main Author: Sandos, James A., (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004.
Series:Western Americana series
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=187746
Table of Contents:
  • California's missions as instruments of social control
  • Indians at contact
  • Junípero Serra and Franciscan evangelization
  • The Indians of San Diego say "no!"
  • Serra refuses to turn back
  • Fermin Francisco Lasuen and evangelization
  • Evangelization in Serra's shadow
  • The only heritage their parents gave them : syphilis, gonorrhea, and other diseases
  • Music and conversion
  • Indian resistance to missionization
  • Assessing California's missions.