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.
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