The Bourbon Reforms and the Remaking of Spanish Frontier Missions

by Robert H. Jackson

The Bourbon monarchs who ascended the Spanish throne in 1700 attempted to reform the colonial system they had inherited, and, in particular, to make administration more efficient and cost-effective. This book analyses one aspect of the Bourbon reforms, which was the efforts to transform frontier missions, to make the missions more cost-effective, and to accelerate the integration of indigenous peoples in northern Mexico to European cultural norms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004505121
• ISBN13: 9789004505124
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"