The Bourbon Reforms and the Remaking of Spanish Frontier Missions

Author:

Jackson, Robert H.

Format:

Book

Year:

2022

Publisher:

Brill

Place published:

Leiden

Language:

English

Abstract:

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.

What (Subjects):

Missions -- Colonialism -- History -- Regional

Missions -- History -- Regional -- Expulsion

Politics -- Monarchy -- Habsburgs

Politics -- Monarchy -- Bourbons

Missions -- Indigenous People -- Guaraní

Missions -- Indigenous People

Missions -- History -- Regional

Where (Locations):

Central America -- Mexico

Central America -- Mexico -- Baja California

North America -- USA -- California

North America -- USA -- Texas

South America -- Paraguay

Europe -- Spain

When (Centuries):

17th century

18th century

Worldcat URL:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1287746741

Publisher URL:

https://brill.com/view/title/61491

Number of Pages:

356

ISBN:

9789004505124

9789004505261

DOI:

10.1163/9789004505261

Comment:

Series: European Expansion and Indigenous Response, v. 36