Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768
First published in 1994 and now available again, this Spanish Borderlands classic recounts Jesuit colonization of the Old California, the peninsula now known as Baja California. Jesuit missionaries founded their first settlement in 1697 and unintentionally created a Hispanic society that outlived the missions and their Indian converts. The author brings to light Jesuit missionization and culture, European-Indian contacts, mission and presidio operations, family social life, the unique...
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This Spanish Borderlands classic recounts Jesuit colonization of the Old California, the peninsula now known as Baja California. Hispanic American Historical Review A truly monumental work.
List of IllustrationsList of MapsList of FiguresList of TablesPrefacePt. IColonial California's First Half-Century11The Road to California32The Pioneer Period, 1697-1701273California Accommodates Bourbon Rule614Missions Create Turmoil in the South89Pt. IIThe Organization and Operation of Jesuit California1315The Jesuit Organization in California1336The Presidio of Loreto1557The Making of the Missions1788Mision de San Jose de Comondu2219The Pueblo of Loreto266Pt. IIIThe Decline and Fall of Jesuit California29910A Challenge from Within30111The Mission Yields a Share of California33312The Expulsion371Epilogue. The Aftermath387Abbreviations Used in Appendixes and Notes394Appendix A. Spanish Kings and Viceroys of New Spain395Appendix B. Jesuit Personnel at California Missions, 1697-1767397Appendix C. Jesuits Who Visited or Served in California, 1697-1768403Appendix D. Founders of Peninsular California Families, 1697-1767413Glossary422Notes428Bibliography521Index533
\ Hispanic American Historical ReviewA truly monumental work.\ \ \ \ \ Journal of Arizona HistoryThe definitive work on Jesuit activities in Antigua California . . . worth every penny of its price.\ \ \ The AmericasRaises the historiography of both Spanish Californias to a new level.\ \
