Sonora: Its Geographical Personality
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"A book that should be read, and then reread, by anyone interested in Mexico, Latin American and Southwestern culture, history, landscapes, regions, regional geography, and the personalities of places. . . . West has masterfully extracted from documentary sources the complex geography of a region, and he presents it lucidly with an economy of words."--Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Abbreviations UsedPreface1Physical and Biotic Aspects of Sonora12The Aboriginal Cultures of Sonora163Spanish Settlement of Sonora: The Missions274Spanish Settlement of Sonora: The Mines and Ranches445Mine and Mission Relations in Colonial Sonora606Indian Depredations in Sonora707The Sonoran Gold Craze798The Growing Domination of Western Sonora92Appendix A. A Jesuit Memoria135Appendix B. Property of the Mission of Sahuaripa, 1735137Appendix C. Church Lands along the Lower Bavispe Valley, 1790138Appendix D. Sellos, 1684 and 1714140Appendix E. Monthly Statistics on the Mining Camp of San Francisco de Asis, 1805-1809141Notes143Bibliography161Index183
