HISPANIC ARIZONA, 1536-1856 por Officer, James E - 1990

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 462 pages, 23cm, illustrations. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-434) and index. English. Contents: List of Illustrations -- Prologue; 1. Myth and Reality in the Upper Pimeria; When, Where, and How It Began; Hispanic Place Names in Arizona ; Architectural Influences ; Ranching, Farming, and Mining ; Politics in the Pimeria Alta ; Women in the Pimeria Alta ; Contacts with New Mexico and California ; Religion in the Pimeria Alta -- 2. Early Exploration and Settlement ; Jesuit Entries from the South ; Bolas de Plata ; Indian Troubles ; The Hectic Decade of the 1760s ; The Expulsion of the Jesuits ; The Founding of Tucson -- 3. The Provincias Internas of New Spain ; The Yuma Disaster -- A New Indian Policy for… Ler mais

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.