Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Managing the Missions and Social-Cultural Change -- Smallpox Epidemics and Smallpox Treatment -- Demographic Patterns on the Paraguay and Chiquitos Mission Frontiers -- Mission Demographic Patterns among Sedentary and Non-Sedentary Natives…
The Bourbon monarchs who ascended the Spanish throne in 1700 attempted to reform the colonial system they had inherited, and, in particular, to make administration more efficient and cost-effective. This book analyses one aspect of the Bourbon reforms, which was the efforts to t…
