Laboring in the Fields of the Lord: Spanish Missions And Southeastern Indians - Couverture souple

University Press Of Florida

 
9780813029665: Laboring in the Fields of the Lord: Spanish Missions And Southeastern Indians
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ISBN 10 : 081302966X ISBN 13 : 9780813029665
Editeur : University Press of Florida, 2006

Synopsis

The missions of Spanish Florida are one of American history's best kept secrets. Between 1565 and 1763, more than 150 missions with names like San Francisco and San Antonio dotted the landscape from south Florida to the Chesapeake Bay. Drawing on archaeological and historical research, much conducted in the last 25 years, Milanich offers a vivid description of these missions and the Apalachee, Guale, and Timucua Indians who lived and labored in them. First published in 1999 by Smithsonian Institution Press, Laboring in the Fields of the Lord contends the missions were an integral part of Spain's La Florida colony, turning a potentially hostile population into an essential labor force. Indian workers grew, harvested, ground, and transported corn that helped to feed the colony. Indians also provided labor for construction projects, including the imposing stone Castillo de San Marcos that still dominates St. Augustine today. Missions were essential to the goal of colonialism. Together, conquistadors, missionaries, and entrepreneurs went hand-in-hand to conquer the people of the Americas. Though long abandoned and destroyed, the missions are an important part of our country's heritage. This reprint edition includes a new, updated preface by the author.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jerald T. Milanich is curator in archaeology for the Florida Museum of Natural History and author of many books on Florida history and archaeology, including Frolicking Bears, Wet Vultures, and Other Oddities: A New York Journalist in Nineteenth-Century Florida (UPF, 2005) and Florida Indians: From Ancient Times to the Present (UPF, 2002).

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Éditeur
University Press of Florida
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
081302966X
ISBN 13 
9780813029665
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781560989400: Laboring in the Fields of the Lord: Spanish Missions and Southeastern Indians

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1560989408 ISBN 13 :  9781560989400
Editeur : Smithsonian Books, 1999
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