Indians, Missionaries and Merchants : the Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers.

Indians, Missionaries and Merchants : the Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers.

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California's earliest European colonists - Russian merchants and Franciscan missionaries - both depended heavily on Native American labor to build and maintain their colonies, but they did so in very different ways. This richly detailed book brings together disparate skeins of history - includi...

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Main Author: Lightfoot, Kent G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Franciscans > Missions > California > History.
Indians of North America > Missions > California > History.
Indians of North America > Commerce > California > History.
Federally recognized Indian tribes > California.
Federal aid to Indians > California.
United States > Politics and government.
United States > Social policy.
United States > Race relations.
History.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Dimensions and Consequences of Colonial Encounters; 2 Visions of Precolonial Native California; 3 Franciscan Missions in Alta California; 4 Native Agency in the Franciscan Missions; 5 Russian Merchants in California; 6 Native Agency in the Ross Colony; 7 Missionary and Mercantile Colonies in California: The Implications; 8 The Aftermath; 9 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

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