Demographic Change and Ethnic Survival among the Sedentary Populations on the Jesuit Mission Frontiers of Spanish South America, 1609-1803 The Formation and Persistence of Mission Communities in a Comparative Context / by Robert H. Jackson.

Author/creator Jackson, Robert H.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden : Brill, [2015]
Descriptionxvi, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Indians of South America--Missions. --History. --17th century.
Indians of South America--Missions. --History. --18th century.
Jesuits--Missions. --South America. --History.
Social change--South America. --History.
Missions--Paraguay. --History.
Missions--Bolivia. --Chiquitos (Province). --History.
South America--Population. --History.
South America--Ethnic relations. --History.
Paraguay--Church history.
Chiquitos (Bolivia : Province)--Church history.

SeriesEuropean expansion and indigenous response, 1873-8974 ; volume 16
Contents Glossary -- Introduction -- Managing the missions and social-cultural change -- Smallpox epidemics and smallpox treatment -- Demographic patterns on the Paraguay and Chiquitos mission frontiers -- Mission demographic patterns among sedentary and non-sedentary natives on the frontiers of Spanish America : a comparative discussion -- Post-jesuit expulsion population trends -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Population of the Paraguay missions, in selected years -- Appendix 2: Females as a percentage of the total population of the Paraguay missions -- Appendix 3: Marriages recorded in the Paraguay missions, in selected years -- Appendix 4: Vital rates of the Paraguay missions -- Appendix 5: Population of the Chiquitos missions -- Appendix 6: Females as a percentage of the total population of the Chiquitos missions -- Appendix 7: Marriages recorded in the Chiquitos missions in selected years -- Appendix 8: vital rates of the Chiquitos missions -- Appendix 9: Castillian weights and measures mentioned in the text -- Appendix 10: A note on colonial Spanish American silver coins -- Appendix 11: Area measurements of agricultural land in Spanish America.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015006133
ISBN9789004284999 (hardback : acid-free paper)

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