Sonora : Its Geographical Personality

by West, Robert Cooper

• ISBN13: 9780292765382
• ISBN10: 029276538X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-02-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

A cultural geography of a Mexican region.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations Used
Preface
Physical and Biotic Aspects of Sonora	p. 1
The Aboriginal Cultures of Sonora	p. 16
Spanish Settlement of Sonora: The Missions	p. 27
Spanish Settlement of Sonora: The Mines and Ranches	p. 44
Mine and Mission Relations in Colonial Sonora	p. 60
Indian Depredations in Sonora	p. 70
The Sonoran Gold Craze	p. 79
The Growing Domination of Western Sonora	p. 92
Appendix A. A Jesuit Memoria	p. 135
Appendix B. Property of the Mission of Sahuaripa, 1735	p. 137
Appendix C. Church Lands along the Lower Bavispe Valley, 1790	p. 138
Appendix D. Sellos, 1684 and 1714	p. 140
Appendix E. Monthly Statistics on the Mining Camp of San Francisco de Asis, 1805-1809	p. 141
Notes	p. 143
Bibliography	p. 161
Index	p. 183
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