Early history of the Southwest through the eyes of German-speaking Jesuit missionaries :
Classen, Albrecht.
Early history of the Southwest through the eyes of German-speaking Jesuit missionaries : a transcultural experience in the eighteenth century / Albrecht Classen. - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013. - 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
German-Speaking Jesuit Missionaries in the Southwest : Global Perspectives of a Local Phenomenon in the Eighteenth Century : An Introduction -- Major German Jesuit Writers and Their Biographies : A Global History from Individualized Perspectives -- Padre Eusebio Kino -- the Pioneer : Discovery, Encounters, and the Establishment of the Kino Missionary Network -- Joseph Stoecklein's Welt-Bott : A Jesuit Missionary's Collection of Global Reports for a German Audience -- An Encyclopedic Approach to the Early History of Sonora : The Pimería Alta as Viewed by Ignaz Pfefferkorn, A German Scientist and Anthropologist Missionary in the New World -- Joseph Och's Travel Reports : An Autobiographical Perspective -- The Personal Perspective : Letters by the Swiss Jesuit Philipp Segesser : A Missionary's Correspondence with His Family.
This book provides unique and lively, authentic, and source-based insights into the history, culture, geograpyh, fauna, flaura, geology, climate, and politics of eighteenth-century Sonora/Arizona, drawing from the fascinating first-hand accounts written by German speaking Jesuit missionaries. Transcultural experiences of extraordinary kinds dominate those accounts which allow us to understand the difficult, problematic, sometimes hostile, but then also productive and fruitful contacts, interactions, and dealings between the European missionaries and the native population.
9780739177853 0739177850
Jesuits--History--Southwest, New--18th century--Sources.
Jesuits--History--Europe, German-speaking--18th century--Sources.
Jesuits--Southwest, New--Biography.
To 1848
Missionaries--History--Southwest, New--18th century--Sources.
Indians of North America--History--Southwest, New--18th century--Sources.
Missionaries--Southwest, New--Biography.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
Ethnic relations.
Indians of North America.
Missionaries.
Public opinion, German.
Public opinion, Swiss.
Southwest, New--History--To 1848--Sources.
Southwest, New--Foreign public opinion, German--History--18th century--Sources.
Southwest, New--Foreign public opinion, Swiss--History--18th century--Sources.
Southwest, New--Ethnic relations--History--18th century--Sources.
Europe, German-speaking.
Southwest, New.
Electronic books.
Biography.
History.
Sources.
F799 / .C55 2013eb
979/.01
Early history of the Southwest through the eyes of German-speaking Jesuit missionaries : a transcultural experience in the eighteenth century / Albrecht Classen. - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013. - 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
German-Speaking Jesuit Missionaries in the Southwest : Global Perspectives of a Local Phenomenon in the Eighteenth Century : An Introduction -- Major German Jesuit Writers and Their Biographies : A Global History from Individualized Perspectives -- Padre Eusebio Kino -- the Pioneer : Discovery, Encounters, and the Establishment of the Kino Missionary Network -- Joseph Stoecklein's Welt-Bott : A Jesuit Missionary's Collection of Global Reports for a German Audience -- An Encyclopedic Approach to the Early History of Sonora : The Pimería Alta as Viewed by Ignaz Pfefferkorn, A German Scientist and Anthropologist Missionary in the New World -- Joseph Och's Travel Reports : An Autobiographical Perspective -- The Personal Perspective : Letters by the Swiss Jesuit Philipp Segesser : A Missionary's Correspondence with His Family.
This book provides unique and lively, authentic, and source-based insights into the history, culture, geograpyh, fauna, flaura, geology, climate, and politics of eighteenth-century Sonora/Arizona, drawing from the fascinating first-hand accounts written by German speaking Jesuit missionaries. Transcultural experiences of extraordinary kinds dominate those accounts which allow us to understand the difficult, problematic, sometimes hostile, but then also productive and fruitful contacts, interactions, and dealings between the European missionaries and the native population.
9780739177853 0739177850
Jesuits--History--Southwest, New--18th century--Sources.
Jesuits--History--Europe, German-speaking--18th century--Sources.
Jesuits--Southwest, New--Biography.
To 1848
Missionaries--History--Southwest, New--18th century--Sources.
Indians of North America--History--Southwest, New--18th century--Sources.
Missionaries--Southwest, New--Biography.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
Ethnic relations.
Indians of North America.
Missionaries.
Public opinion, German.
Public opinion, Swiss.
Southwest, New--History--To 1848--Sources.
Southwest, New--Foreign public opinion, German--History--18th century--Sources.
Southwest, New--Foreign public opinion, Swiss--History--18th century--Sources.
Southwest, New--Ethnic relations--History--18th century--Sources.
Europe, German-speaking.
Southwest, New.
Electronic books.
Biography.
History.
Sources.
F799 / .C55 2013eb
979/.01
