The Dominican Mission Frontier of Lower California
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The Dominican Mission Frontier of Lower California

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The Dominican Mission Frontier of Lower California

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The network of missions founded under the Dominicans in the latter part of the eighteenth century in northern Baja California estab- lished there a new and distinct culture landscape. Although at the very doorway of Alta California, these missions have remained almost un- known. A geographic analysis of them has not heretofore been at- tempted, and history has so greatly neglected them that the very exist- ence of the last two missions has been overlooked or questioned. The present study, based upon field work from 1925 to 1929 and upon such written knowledge as is available, delineates this almost forgotten scene of activity. This title was originally published in 1935.
The network of missions founded under the Dominicans in the latter part of the eighteenth century in northern Baja California estab- lished there a new and distinct culture landscape. Although at the very doorway of Alta California, these missions have re

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. CONTENTS 1
  5. PAET ONE
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. II. PRE-DOMINICAN KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIELD
  8. III. THE FRONTIER AS A FIELD FOR MISSIONS
  9. IV. THE POUNDING OF THE MISSIONS
  10. PART TWO
  11. VI. SANTO DOMINGO
  12. VII. SAN TELMO ASISTENCIA
  13. ■VIII. SAN VICENTE
  14. IX. SANTO TOMAS
  15. X. SAN MIGUEL
  16. XI. DESCANSO AND THE NORTHERN BORDER
  17. XIII. SANTA CATALINA
  18. XIV. SAN PEDRO MARTIR
  19. PART THREE
  20. XV. FIGURES OF ABORIGINAL POPULATION
  21. XVI. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE MISSIONS
  22. XVII. THE PASSING OF MISSION CULTURE
  23. XVIII. POST-MISSION LANDSCAPES
  24. APPENDIX
  25. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  26. INDEX
  27. PLATES