The Impact of the Mission System on California Indians
The Impact of the Mission System on California Indians
"Well-documented study demonstrates that conditions within the California missions caused high mortality rates among the Indians"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58
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Examines Indian life in the twenty-one missions Franciscans established in Alta California. In describing how the missions functioned between 1769 and 1848, the authors draw on previously unused sources to analyse change and continuity in Indian material culture and religious practices.