Colonial rosary [electronic resource] : the Spanish and Indian missions of California / Alison Lake.
Publication details: Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2006.Description: xiii, 244 p. : ill., mapSubject(s):- Franciscans -- California -- History
- Missions, Spanish -- California -- History
- Indians of North America -- Missions -- California -- History
- Spaniards -- California -- History
- California -- History -- To 1846
- California -- Social life and customs
- California -- Race relations
- California -- Church history
- 979.4 22
- F864 .L1655 2006eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index.
Native California before the missions -- All the world's a stage for Spain -- Exploration and settlement -- Establishment of the missions -- The messengers of St. Francis -- Conversion and mission life -- The women of mission California -- Spanish and Mexican settlement -- Colonial soldiers and the Presidio -- Style and layout of mission buildings -- Farming -- Mission trades and economy -- Indians of the missions -- Changing rule of the missions -- The decline of a civilization -- The cycle of decline and restoration -- Conclusion : the colonial rosary -- Appendix A : research and resources -- Appendix B : additional resources pertaining to California indians.
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