The Spell of California's Spanish Colonial Missions
The Spell of California's Spanish Colonial Missions

Author: Donald F. Toomey

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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Here is the ultimate historical guidebook for the Spanish Colonial Mission churches, Presidio chapels and asistencias from San Diego to Sonoma, California. As Thomas J. Steele, S.J. said, Donald Toomey has done a major favor to each visitor to any one of the missions of California. These missions -- all of them without exception -- are historic, venerable, and handsome, but they are also profoundly instructive. Donald Toomey has assembled all the basic historical facts of each mission, tracing each site from its late-eighteenth or early-nineteenth-century origin through its various disasters (fires and earthquakes predominate) and its various renovations up to the end of the twentieth century. He outlines each mission's success at achieving its purpose, and he expertly conveys to his reader his own deep appreciation of Provincial Baroque architecture, art, and church life.

Colonial Rosary
Colonial Rosary

Author: Alison Lake

Publisher: Ohio University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0804010846

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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 its people. In a spare and accessible style, Colonial Rosary looks at the complexity of California's Indian civilization and the social effects of missionary control. While oppressive institutions lasted in California for almost eighty years under the tight reins of royal Spain, the Catholic Church, and the government of Mexico, letters and government documents reveal the missionaries' genuine concern for the Indian communities they oversaw for their health, spiritual upbringing, and material needs. With its balanced attention to the variety of sources on the mission period, Colonial Rosary illuminates ongoing debates over the role of the Franciscan missions in the settlement of California. By sharing the missions' stories of tragedy and triumph, author Alison Lake underlines the importance of preserving these vestiges of California's prestatehood period. An illustrated tour of the missions as well as a sensitive record of their impact on California history and culture, Colonial Rosary brings the story of the Spanish missions of California alive.

Saints and Citizens
Saints and Citizens

Author: Lisbeth Haas

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2013-11-09

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0520276469

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Saints and Citizens is a bold new excavation of the history of Indigenous people in California in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, showing how the missions became sites of their authority, memory, and identity. Shining a forensic eye on colonial encounters in Chumash, Luise–o, and Yokuts territories, Lisbeth Haas depicts how native painters incorporated their cultural iconography in mission painting and how leaders harnessed new knowledge for control in other ways. Through her portrayal of highly varied societies, she explores the politics of Indigenous citizenship in the independent Mexican nation through events such as the Chumash War of 1824, native emancipation after 1826, and the political pursuit of Indigenous rights and land through 1848.

The Story of the Old Missions of Californi
The Story of the Old Missions of Californi

Author: Laura Bride Powers

Publisher:

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9781104667733

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The Old Spanish Missions of California
The Old Spanish Missions of California

Author: Paul Elder

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2014-02

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9781295575701

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Old Spanish Missions Of California: An Historical And Descriptive Sketch Paul Elder P. Elder, 1913 Missions; Missions, Spanish; Spanish mission buildings

Mission San Miguel Arcangel
Mission San Miguel Arcangel

Author: Kathleen J. Edgar

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2003-12-15

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9780823958962

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Discusses Mission San Miguel Arcâangel from its founding in 1797 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the California Indians.

A Cross of Thorns
A Cross of Thorns

Author: Elias Castillo

Publisher:

Published: 2017-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781610353045

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A Cross of Thorns reexamines a chapter of California history that has been largely forgotten -- the enslavement of California's Indian population by Spanish missionaries from 1769 to 1821. California's Spanish missions are one of the state's major tourist attractions, where visitors are told that peaceful cultural exchange occurred between Franciscan friars and California Indians.

The Old Spanish Missions of California
The Old Spanish Missions of California

Author: Paul Elder

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-13

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9781297864223

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