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Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768 [Hardcover]

Harry W. Crosby (Author)
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A truly monumental work. -- Hispanic American Historical Review

Raises the historiography of both Spanish Californias to a new level. -- The Americas

The definitive work on Jesuit activities in Antigua California . . . worth every penny of its price. -- Journal of Arizona History

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First published in 1994 and now available again, this Spanish Borderlands classic recounts Jesuit colonization of the Old California, the peninsula now known as Baja California. Jesuit missionaries founded their first settlement in 1697 and unintentionally created a Hispanic society that outlived the missions and their Indian converts. The author brings to light Jesuit missionization and culture, European-Indian contacts, mission and presidio operations, family social life, the unique peninsular economy, and the Jesuit expulsion. Four appendices provide data on Spanish kings, royal officials, Jesuit personnel and visitors, and founders of pre-1768 peninsular California families.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Antigua California, April 14 2012
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This review is from: Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768 (Hardcover)
Very informative, interesting and well researched book. The best I have read on this subject so far. I enjoyed the description of the land, the missions, the enormous effort of the Jesuits to establish them and also the reaction of the natives to new rules and customs. Also very interesting was the involvement of the Crown, once the Missions were established and working! The mistakes made by both sides....On the whole this book has increased my admiration for the Jesuits's effort which has opened Baja California to us.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive and Fascinating, April 28 2001
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When missionaries came to colonize California, it was to Baja California "Antigua California" that they came. This is the story of the Jesuits who persevered in a barren, waterless, resource poor place. But the really great thing about the book is that it is the whole story of the pioneer mission period: it is also the story of the aboriginal peoples who were the targets of the Jesuits, and of the people (mostly Mexican) whom the Jesuits hired and brought along to handle and create daily life-soldiers, sailors, artisans, laborers. For once, a comprehensive history truly is. Using original eighteenth century materials (church records, diaries, letters, reports) the author has tracked down the movement of individuals, their genealogies, their careers, their contributions. More than most, it is a book of portraits of real people, pieced together sympathetically from scattered and scanty records. For a scholar, the book is eminently useful: full of maps, chronological tables of people and places, explanations of systems and bureaucracies. For the history buff, it is a dream of readability and detail. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive and Fascinating, April 28 2001
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This review is from: Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768 (Hardcover)
When missionaries came to colonize California, it was to Baja California "Antigua California" that they came. This is the story of the Jesuits who persevered in a barren, waterless, resource poor place. But the really great thing about the book is that it is the whole story of the pioneer mission period: it is also the story of the aboriginal peoples who were the targets of the Jesuits, and of the people (mostly Mexican) whom the Jesuits hired and brought along to handle and create daily life-soldiers, sailors, artisans, laborers. For once, a comprehensive history truly is. Using original eighteenth century materials (church records, diaries, letters, reports) the author has tracked down the movement of individuals, their genealogies, their careers, their contributions. More than most, it is a book of portraits of real people, pieced together sympathetically from scattered and scanty records. For a scholar, the book is eminently useful: full of maps, chronological tables of people and places, explanations of systems and bureaucracies. For the history buff, it is a dream of readability and detail. Highly recommended.
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