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America's Ancient Treasures

America's ancient treasures (1993 edition) is a reprint of a classic first printed back in 1971. It contains a thorough recounting of every major and most minor Native American archaeological sites and museums in North America, and is an excellent resource tool for those interested in a serious exploration into North America's ancient past.This book is a revised and expanded edition of a highly praised travel guide to U.S. and Canadian archeological sites and museums or prehistoric Indian life. Included and described are all of the archeological sites that have been prepared for public view in North America. Here, too, are profiles of the museums and collections that interpret America's aboriginal past. This guide enables visitors to discover the America of an earlier era--where the prehistoric Indians came from, how they clothed and fed themselves, and what they left as evidence of their art, religion, and daily life.713299011General AAS4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books1205142General4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713293011General AAS4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books11268General11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713494011General AAS11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0826320775http://www.amazon.com/American-Indian-Grandmothers-Traditions-Transitions/dp/0826320775%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D08263207753227935http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71HH0KS3BJL._SL75_.gif7549http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71HH0KS3BJL._SL160_.gif160104http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71HH0KS3BJL.gif475310HardcoverMarjorie M. Schweitzer305.90432089979780826320773900826320775University of New Mexico PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9374995USD$49.95University of New Mexico Press1239Book1999-09University of New Mexico PressUniversity of New Mexico Press1226314250USD$42.50467USD$4.6761100005.01108263207755002002-08-29

i've only read one story but i recommend this book

as i told pat those many years ago: more grandmother. less teeth.These nine essays blend documentary history, oral history, and ethnographic observation to shed light on the complex world of grandmothering in Native America. The cultural and emotional resources of their ethnic traditions help grandmothers grapple with the myriad social, economic, cultural, and political challenges they face in the late twentieth century. Indian grandmothers are almost universally occupied with child care and child rearing at some time, but such variables as lineal descent, clan membership, kinship patterns, individual behavior, and cultural ideology change the definition, role, and status of a grandmother from tribe to tribe. Although late-twentieth-century society often impoverishes and marginalizes them, many Indian grandmothers provide grandchildren with social stability and a cultural link to native indentity, history and wisdom. The contributors' case studies explore grandmothering among Navajos, Puget Sound Salish, Tewas, Hopis, Otoes, Choctaws, and Sioux. <P> In addition to Marjorie Schweitzer, volume contributors include Karen Ritts Benally, Ann Lane Hedlund, Pamela Amoss, Bruce G. Miller, Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Alice Schlegel, Joan Weibel-Orlando, and Pat McCabe.11235Cultural11233Anthropology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11270Gerontology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books15991731Women11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11289General11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713503011General AAS11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11312Native American Studies11298Special Groups11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11268General11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713494011General AAS11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11334General11325Women's Studies53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713511011General AAS11325Women's Studies53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0826322891http://www.amazon.com/American-Population-Recovery-Twentieth-Century/dp/0826322891%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D08263228912136574http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5184S0S7MFL._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5184S0S7MFL._SL160_.jpg160106http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5184S0S7MFL.jpg475316Nancy ShoemakerPaperback3059780826322890410826322891University of New Mexico PressEnglishEnglishEnglish8971795USD$17.95University of New Mexico Press1170Book2000-05-01University of New Mexico PressUniversity of New Mexico Press59606795USD$7.95131USD$1.31390011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewxVo15YH%2BU604%2BZK4aO%2ByYGRYHLNwhNPTjuHevajkRKScMv8HvTLRb7Hcm8T2NmQIQ%2BZC5bRF9lchHwXNltXZlg%3D%3D1795USD$17.95Usually ships in 24 hours5.01108263228915112003-12-21

A "Vanishing Race" is Back

The devastating nature of the clash between the native peoples of North America and those from European culture is well known. For nearly four centuries a technologically superior European civilization constantly pressed the native population either to conform to a new hegemony or to withdraw from it, conquering the various first peoples and destroying their population in the process. By the close of the nineteenth century the native population had dwindled, ravaged by war and disease and starvation, to the extent that some began to characterize it as a "vanishing race." In 1900 the Native American population in the United States reached a nadir at 237,196, a seven-fold decline from what it had been estimated in 1492.<p>In "American Indian Population Recovery in the Twentieth Century" Nancy Shoemaker of the University of Connecticut, Storrs, analyzes what can only be viewed as a remarkable population recovery for Native Americans in the past century. With a population now approaching two million, Native Americans have political, economic, and social power as never before. This demographic study provides an important portrait of native peoples rising in number, wealth, and influence. The author finds that this population rebound has been quite emotionally empowering for Native Americans, as they take pride in having emerged from centuries of oppression.<p>This is a well down work that provides important insights into the demography of the first peoples of the United States.Although the general public is not widely aware of this trend, the American Indian population has grown phenomenally since 1900, their demographic nadir. No longer a “vanishing” race, Indians have rebounded to 1492 population estimates in nine decades. Until now, most research has focused on catastrophic population decline, but Nancy Shoemaker studies how and why American Indians have recovered. Her analysis of the social, cultural, and economic implications of the family and demographic patterns fueling the recovery compares five different Indian groups: the Seneca Nation in New York State, Cherokees in Oklahoma, Red Lake Ojibways in Minnesota, Yakamas in Washington State, and Navajos in the Southwest. Marshaling individual-level census data, Shoemaker places American Indians in a broad social and cultural context and compares their demographic patterns to those of Euroamericans and African Americans in the United States.4838General4837Native American4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713297011General AAS4837Native American4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713293011General AAS4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books5039General5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books713323011General AAS5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books11235Cultural11233Anthropology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11247Demography11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11289General11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713503011General AAS11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11302Ethnic Studies11298Special Groups11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11310Minority Studies11298Special Groups11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11312Native American Studies11298Special Groups11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11268General11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713494011General AAS11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0826305520http://www.amazon.com/American-Indians-Southwest-Bertha-Dutton/dp/0826305520%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D08263055205464798Bertha DuttonPaperback97808263055270826305520University of New Mexico Press995USD$9.95University of New Mexico Press1Book1983-03University of New Mexico PressUniversity of New Mexico Press7492USD$74.924110USD$41.101995USD$19.951310005.01108263055205332004-07-08

University of New Mexico Press

There are books that specialize and others that are extensive about the southwestern Indian cultures. This book is for the rest of us. It is a well laid out introduction of history and contemporary tribal affairs. We get coverage of arts and crafts. And it makes a perfect companion to Tony Hillerman books.<br>The book its self is separated into logical chapters on different subjects such as <br>1. Who an Where (physical Aspects of the American Indians)<br>2. The Pueblo Peoples (separate chapters on each)<br>3. The Athabascans<br>4. The Ute Indians<br>5. The Southern Paiute<br>6. The Rancheria Peoples<br>7. Arts and crafts<p>There are illustrations and monochrome pictures to support the text.<br>Also an extensive bibliography for those brave souls that really want to go into depth.From their emergence in the New World centuries ago, through their evolution into contemporary Native Americans, the Apache, Navajo, and Pueblo peoples of the American southwest have endured the hardships of a desert land and hostilities with those who would usurp it and annihilate their culture. They now face the challenge of maintaining an ancient system of beliefs and a separate identity while coexisting in the modern world with peoples whose philosophy and way of life are very different. In <i>American Indians of the Southwest,</i> anthropologist Bertha Dutton combines an interdisciplinary approach with the kind of wisdom and knowledge gained only after years of research and experience to tell us their story.<p>She discusses the history and current status of each group of native southwestern Indians, including those who no longer exist or who have merged with other groups. She skillfully guides us through the web of indian prehistory and history, from creation myths and other legends through the development of language groups and the building of the first pueblos, to the disruption of Native American life by outside encroachment and invasion. Her comprehensive account of Indian history is coupled with an insightful commentary on contemporary Indian life and issues, including tribal governments and their relations with the U.S. federal government, as well as economic and social concerns.0826319084050028693008165052331000Subjects1Arts & Photography2Biographies & Memoirs3Business & Investing4Children's Books4366Comics & Graphic Novels5Computers & Internet6Cooking, Food & Wine86Entertainment301889Gay & Lesbian10Health, Mind & Body9History48Home & Garden10777Law17Literature & Fiction13996Medicine18Mystery & Thrillers53Nonfiction290060Outdoors & Nature20Parenting & Families173507Professional & Technical21Reference22Religion & Spirituality23Romance75Science25Science Fiction & Fantasy26Sports28Teens27Travel283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksB0008628WYhttp://www.amazon.com/ancient-cities-New-World-explorations/dp/B0008628WY%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0008628WYDésiré CharnayUnknown BindingHarper & BrothersEnglishEnglishHarper & Brothers514Book1888Harper & BrothersHarper & Brothers0000005.011B0008628WY5112000-05-23

1st edition of Ancient Cities of the New World

For some 20 years since I discovered that the book I had is a 1st draft with a cover page addressed to Augustus H.Harvemeyer(?) and Peter F. Lorillard, have endevored to get much past the first 5 chapters.The woodcut or tin prints are incredibly detailed, each with a world of information to those willing to take the time to study them. Although Mr.Charnay occasionally wonders from his original train of thought, the book is an incredible piece of work, for its time and the effort that went into researching the subject covered. The significance of the signed cover page is the two names mentioned funded his expiditions to Central America.4882Mayan4873Ancient9History1000Subjects283155Books17140Guatemala17130Central America17128Latin America27Travel1000Subjects283155Books0310715377http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Forces-Ancients-Wiccan-Forbidden/dp/0310715377%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0310715377133806http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Gvnv0ygeL._SL75_.jpg7548http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Gvnv0ygeL._SL160_.jpg160103http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Gvnv0ygeL.jpg500322Bill MyersPaperback97803107153751000310715377ZondervanEnglishEnglishEnglish8301299USD$12.99Zondervan1336Book2008-05-01ZondervanYoung AdultZondervan70540699USD$6.99859USD$8.593160011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnew8wOx4y7fD20R0wC4wb7QMCKs1R7IymmboFcC0aT7myTT0iN73ciwZ4ibIEfA4xNDkBSZG5uYPB4l9%2FBq5ejI0g%3D%3D1152USD$11.52Usually ships in 24 hours5.01103107153775002008-06-27

Good book

Bill Myers is a great writer. This book is a great ending to his Ancient Forces trilogy. In Volume 4 of the bestselling Forbidden Doors supernatural fiction series, author Bill Myers presents books 10–12—The Ancients, The Wiccan, and The Cards—stories to unmask dangerous occultic influences in young adult lives. With insight and his unsurpassed ability to weave a suspensful story, each volume explores spiritual warfare by presenting biblical truths through realistic situations.03107153690310715350031071534208423573860842357416713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713108011General AAS2966Literature4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713129011General AAS172820Christianity3101Religions4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books3114Christian3113Fiction3101Religions4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713072011General AAS4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713782011General AAS28Teens1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1250230011Young Adult673420011Age Range (age_range)388186011Refinements283155Books0521788803http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Puebloan-Southwest-Studies-Societies/dp/0521788803%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0521788803698933http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H8RV3VWEL._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H8RV3VWEL._SL160_.jpg160107http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H8RV3VWEL.jpg500333John KantnerPaperback978.9019780521788809800521788803Cambridge University PressEnglishEnglishEnglish8903099USD$30.99Cambridge University Press1336Book2004-12-13Cambridge University PressCambridge University Press1155802583USD$25.831822USD$18.22790011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewixT9YYK9gVStyVEED6UCPKUJlG1xmVl2ZUmXwQmXmHI%2F4bpoeJ3Qs%2FTvcGr4YkXwBtFn%2Fu4C6WUG0t9aNEa%2BqQ%3D%3D2934USD$29.34Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks5.01105217888035112007-10-10

The "Old Ones" -- from Origins to Spaniards

Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, and Wuptaki are three of the best known of the Indian ruins that dot the landscape in the high desert country of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. To this day it is difficult to comprehend how these Indians thrived in a region of short hot summers, little rain, and poor soil -- and not only fed themselves but left behind spectacular monumental buildings. Adding to the mystery is their sudden abandonment of their major sites in the 1100s and 1200s. <br /> <br />The author surveys the knowledge and theories about the ancient peoples who became the modern day Pueblo Indians. He follows the development of the Anasazi and Mogollon traditions from their beginnings thousands of years ago until the 1700s, after the arrival of the Spaniards. The book is illustrated with more than 100 photos, maps, and charts and 25 sidebars that take up interesting topics such as cannibalism, construction methods, domestic animals, ballcourts, burials, and leadership. The emphasis is on thoroughness as the author briefly describes the findings and gives a hearing to the theories of hundreds of archaeologists and other scholars. The bibliography runs to more than 30 pages. <br /> <br />There is much of environmental determinism here for in the climate of the Southwest small changes in the weather made all the difference in the lives of the inhabitants. Scholars have meticulously reconstructed temperature and precipitation records for the last 2,000 years and the author attempts to correlate the rise and fall of Indian cultures with precipitation and temperature averages. <br /> <br />"Ancient Puebloan Southwest" is probably a bit too dense for the casual reader, but offers those interested in archaeology and the Southwest a thorough and up-to-date account of the Anasazi the Mogollon and the proto-historic Zuni, Hopi, and Rio Grande Pueblos. <br /> <br />Smallchief John Kantner traces the evolution of Pueblo society in the American Southwest from the emergence of the Chaco and Mimbres in the AD 1000s through the early decades of contact with the Spanish in the sixteenth century. Based on a diverse range of archaeological data, historical accounts, oral history and ethnographic records, this introduction for students of the Pueblo Southwest is vital reading for any archaeologist concerned with the origins of early civilizations.08165170960500286930093345276406848321270521574684713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books4838General4837Native American4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713297011General AAS4837Native American4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books16004351General11242Archaeology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713496011General AAS11242Archaeology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11289General11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713503011General AAS11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR2UWH8N3K21IA3Recommended Reads for Family Travel to Arizona0898861853http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Tracks-Rocky-Mountains-Colorado/dp/0898861853%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D08988618531206021http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SSNENXYEL._SL75_.jpg7559http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SSNENXYEL._SL160_.jpg160126http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SSNENXYEL.jpg475373Chris StallPaperback599.09789780898861853310898861853Mountaineers BooksEnglishEnglishEnglish572595USD$5.95Mountaineers Books1112Book1989-05Mountaineers BooksMountaineers Books204506801USD$68.011USD$0.012600005.01108988618535002008-07-21

40 to 50 animal footprints common to the Rocky Mountain Area

From back cover: <br /> <br />"How many times have you seen tracks ahead of you on a beach, muddy forest trail or across a blanket of snow, and wondered what creature made them? This handy, pocket-sized guide helps you name the track maker, with life-size drawings of the animal's or bird's characteristic footprints. Just check for size with the ruler (left), then hold the book beside the mystery imprint and fine the drawing that looks most like it, for a quick identification. Includes 40 to 50 different animals and many birds most common the Rocky Mountains, with information on size, sounds, habitat, diet and patterns of movement." <br /> <br />[Includes Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Rocky Mountain National Parks]713518011General AAS290061Fauna290060Outdoors & Nature1000Subjects283155Books290079Mammals290078Field Guides290060Outdoors & Nature1000Subjects283155Books764418Reference290060Outdoors & Nature1000Subjects283155Books13509Wildlife13474Animals13469Biological Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books13493General13474Animals13469Biological Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books713679011General AAS13474Animals13469Biological Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books3049131Mammals13563Zoology13469Biological Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books713687011General AAS13563Zoology13469Biological Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksB0006PCLKQhttp://www.amazon.com/Antepasados-Surveyors-history-Wilfried-Roeder/dp/B0006PCLKQ%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0006PCLKQ3751887Wilfried E RoederUnknown BindingNew Mexico Professional SurveyorsEnglishNew Mexico Professional Surveyors134Book1995New Mexico Professional SurveyorsNew Mexico Professional Surveyors0000005.011B0006PCLKQ5002007-10-21

Antepasados

This book is a collection of over 40 columns that began appearing in the NMASM Newsletter in 1988. They are stories about different surveys the author has been involved in as well as stories of historical figures who were surveyors. Most of these stories take place in New Mexico and the Southwest 226529Surveying & Photogrammetry227541Civil173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books0826314953http://www.amazon.com/Antigua-California-Peninsular-1697-1768-University/dp/0826314953%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D08263149531081093http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R9F1AVECL._SL75_.jpg7557http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R9F1AVECL._SL160_.jpg160123http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R9F1AVECL.jpg475364Harry W. CrosbyHardcover972.20297808263149561930826314953University of New Mexico PressEnglishEnglishEnglish10314500USD$45.00University of New Mexico Press1574Book1994-05-01University of New Mexico PressUniversity of New Mexico Press3687444500USD$45.003400USD$34.0011140011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnew4GsS3OEq80rKDfz9Tm8aX8DERQ4gMoYXkiC9ZrUeZZNMHQA5MtLj6tpqisSxuUWUP9Tq4CHv6iT5XurQGSog9Q%3D%3D4500USD$45.00Usually ships in 24 hours5.01108263149535002001-04-28

Definitive and Fascinating

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.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 vistors, and founders of pre-1768 peninsular California families.0826331106093265357X0932653413097085410208061288524811Antigua4810Caribbean & West Indies4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4830General4826Central America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713296011General AAS4826Central America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4836Mexico4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books14278921California14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4872General14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4870General4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713299011General AAS4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713293011General AAS4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books503618th Century5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books713290011General AAS9History1000Subjects283155Books11235Cultural11233Anthropology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books14273071California14273021United States11880Genealogy21Reference1000Subjects283155Books12384Missions & Missionary Work12380Evangelism12290Christianity22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books12504General22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books713609011General AAS22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books