Why have you come here? the Jesuits and the first evangelization of native America

Summary: 'Why Have You Come Here?' examines how the Jesuits behaved toward the indigenous population and analyzes the way in which native belief systems were replaced by Christianity. It also seeks to understand how the European-Indian encounter changed their material culture.

Record details

ISBN: 9780198042082 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0198042086 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0195307569 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0195308018 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780195307566
ISBN: 9780195308013
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (x, 255 p.) : map.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-250) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Two worlds meet -- La Florida -- The four rivers of Sinaloa -- Conquest, pacification, and conversion -- Julí : utopia or theocracy -- The Guaraní -- Art, architecture, and theatre -- The beaver and the Fleur-de-Lis -- Maryland : "a fine, poor man's country" -- Retrospective.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.