The San Sabá Mission: Spanish Pivot in Texas

by Robert S. Weddle

Book Overview

The Spanish approach to the occupation of eighteenth-century Texas embraced the triad of mission, presidio, and settlement. In founding communities, Franciscan missionaries sought to convert the natives to Christianity and make them productive Spanish citizens. By midcentury, however, change was in the offing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890969116
• ISBN13: 9780890969113
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"