The Bourbon reforms and the remaking of Spanish frontier missions / / by Robert H. Jackson.
"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 transform fronti...
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| Superior document: | European Expansion and Indigenous Response |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | European Expansion and Indigenous Response
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (379 pages) |
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| Summary: | "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 transform frontier missions, to make the missions more cost-effective, and to accelerate the integration of indigenous peoples in northern Mexico to European cultural norms. In some instances, the Crown had funded missions for more than a century, but with minimal results. The book attempts to show how the mission programs changed, and what the consequences - especially demographic - were for the indigenous peoples brought to live on the missions"-- |
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| ISBN: | 9789004505261 9789004505124 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Robert H. Jackson. |