California would be a different place today without the imprint of Spanish culture and the legacy of Indian civilization. The colonial Spanish missions that dot the coast and foothills between Sonoma and San Diego are relics of a past that transformed California's landscape and …
This book describes Spanish missions, the fighting between Native Americans and the Spanish, and El Camino Real, a trail linking the California missions.
Misiones españolas
by Lilly, Melinda, Capaldi, Gina
fromLecturas historicas norteamericanas
Misiones españolas
by Lilly, Melinda, Capaldi, Gina
fromLecturas historicas norteamericanas
A simple introduction to the history of the Spanish missions of the Southwest.
Misiones españolas
by Lilly, Melinda, Capaldi, Gina
fromLecturas historicas norteamericanas
A simple introduction to the history of the Spanish missions of the Southwest.
In this thought-provoking book, Rivera argues that evangelical reasoning and symbolism were appropriated to justify the armed seizure of people and land in the New World and to validate the conversion, peaceful or forced, of the natives. He recaptures the 16-century political de…
