a transcultural experience in the eighteenth centuryClassen, Albrecht.creatortextbibliographybiographyElectronic books.Biography.History.Sources.mduLanhamLexington Books2013monographiceng1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)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.</sp.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.Albrecht Classen.Includes bibliographical references and index.n-ust--e-gx---e------JesuitsSouthwest, NewHistory18th centurySourcesJesuitsEurope, German-speakingHistory18th centurySourcesJesuitsSouthwest, NewBiographySouthwest, NewHistoryTo 1848SourcesSouthwest, NewForeign public opinion, GermanHistory18th centurySourcesSouthwest, NewForeign public opinion, SwissHistory18th centurySourcesMissionariesSouthwest, NewHistory18th centurySourcesIndians of North AmericaSouthwest, NewHistory18th centurySourcesSouthwest, NewEthnic relationsHistory18th centurySourcesMissionariesSouthwest, NewBiographyHISTORYUnited StatesState & LocalGeneralEthnic relationsIndians of North AmericaMissionariesPublic opinion, GermanPublic opinion, SwissEurope, German-speakingSouthwest, New To 1848 fast F799 .C55 2013eb979/.01Classen, Albrecht.Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013(DLC) 2012038367(OCoLC)80961605997807391778530739177850http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=513214http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=513214N$T13010720200709055701.0ocn823504900eng