Early History of the Southwest through the Eyes of German-Speaking Jesuit Missionaries: A Transcultural Experience in the Eighteenth Century

by Albrecht Classen

This book provides unique and lively, authentic, and source-based insights into the history, culture, geography, fauna, flora, geology, climate, and politics of eighteenth-century Sonora/Arizona, drawing from the fascinating first-hand accounts written by German speaking Jesuit missionaries. Transcultural experiences of extraordinary kinds dominate those accounts which allow us to understand the difficult, problematic, sometimes hostile, but then...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739177842
• ISBN13: 9780739177846
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"