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Author:

Bial, Raymond.

Title:

Missions and presidios / Raymond Bial.

Publisher:

Children's Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 22 x 25 cm.

Subject:

Missions, Spanish--Southwest, New--History--Juvenile literature.
Fortification--Southwest, New--History--Juvenile literature.
Spaniards--Southwest, New--History.--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--Missions--Southwest, New.--Juvenile literature.
Missions, Spanish--Florida--History--Juvenile literature.
Fortification--Florida--History--Juvenile literature.
Spaniards--Florida--History--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--Missions--Florida--Juvenile literature.
Missions, Spanish--History.
Fortification--History.
Spaniards--History.
Indians of North America--Missions.
Missions, Spanish--History.
Fortification--History.
Indians of North America--Missions.
Native Americans--Southwestern States--History.--History.
Native Americans--Florida--History.--History.
Fortification--Southwestern States--History.
Spaniards--History.
Fortification--Florida--History.
Native Americans--Florida--Missions.
Southwest, New--History--To 1848.--Juvenile literature.
Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1565-1763--Juvenile literature.
Florida--History.
Florida--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44) and index.

Contents:

Spanish exploration and empire -- Early missions -- New Mexico missions -- Texas missions -- Missions spread west -- California missions -- Mission styles -- Texas and Arizona styles -- New Mexico and California styles -- The mission community -- Daily life -- Presidios -- The end of an era.

Summary:

Presents information on how the Spanish, during their exploration and settlement of Florida and the Southwestern U.S., established missions in an attempt to convert the native Americans to Catholicism, and explains how the missions changed regions where they were established. Includes time line.

Series:

American community
Bial, Raymond. American community.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal
Library Media Connection

ISBN:

9780516237084
051623708X

LCCN:

2004005099

Locations:

STPC124 -- Allison Public Library (Allison)