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

Despite the effects of epidemics of highly contagious old world crowd diseases, the native populations living on the Paraguay and Chiquitos missions survived and retained a unique ethnic identity. A comparative approach shows how demographic patterns on the Paraguay and Chiquitos missions differed f...

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Main Author: Jackson, Robert H
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden, Netherlands Brill 2015
BRILL
Edition:1
Series:European Expansion and Indigenous Response
Subjects:
Chiquitos (Bolivia : Province) > Church history
Indians of South America > Missions > History > 17th century
Indians of South America > Missions > History > 18th century
Jesuits
Jesuits > Missions > South America > History
Missions
Missions > Bolivia > Chiquitos (Province) > History
Missions > Paraguay > History
Paraguay > Church history
Social change > South America > History
South America > Ethnic relations > History
South America > Population > History
ISBN:9789004284999, 9004284990
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Summary:Despite the effects of epidemics of highly contagious old world crowd diseases, the native populations living on the Paraguay and Chiquitos missions survived and retained a unique ethnic identity. A comparative approach shows how demographic patterns on the Paraguay and Chiquitos missions differed from other Spanish frontier missions.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-286) and index
ISBN:9789004284999
9004284990
DOI:10.1163/9789004285002