Friar Bringas Reports to the King: Methods of Indoctrination on the Frontier of New Spain, 1796-97 (The Documentary Relations of the Southwest : the) Tapa dura - 1977

Univ of Arizona Pr, 1977-03. Hardcover. Used: Good.

ix+177 pages with frontispiece, maps, tables and index. Quarto (10" x 7 ") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. Translated and edited by Daniel S Matson and Bernard T Fontana. First edition. In recent years, gauged by the quickening pace of research, borderlands scholar have focused more and more attention on Spanish colonial Arizona and Sonora. Although the result of such concentration has been sporadic, the quality of the output for the most part has been noteworthy. An excellent example of this type of productivity is Friar Bringas Reports to the King, a mutual effort by linguist Daniel S Matson and anthropologist Bernard L Fontana. Admittedly, the book is not an original piece of scholarship in that the document was written by a Franciscan inspector of the borderlands nearly a hundred and eighty years ago at the close of the eighteenth century. All the same, the value of this contribution by Matson and Fontana lies in the informative and lucid… Leer más

University of Arizona Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 1977. First Printing . Cloth. Very Good/About Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 177 pp. with Index, References, and Lexicon of Spanish Words. B&W illustrations; illustrated endpapers. Red cloth, gilt lettering. Part of "The Documentary Relations of the Southwest" series. Translated and Edited by Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana. An important study of Spain's attempts of assimilate the Indians. It offers a deeper understanding of the history of the Pimeria Alta. Binding tight, text clean. The jacket is price-clipped, rubbed, has a couple of small tears at the edges, and the back panel is lightly water-stained.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press,, 1977. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. 177 pp. maps references, index. Bringas wrote his report in 1796-97. on conditions in northwestern New Spain, , Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino's day. His writings offer a valuable firsthand study of Spanish attempts to direct culture change among the Piman Indians. The authors have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and refrences.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. A fine first edition in a lightly worn, very good plus dust jacket. Red cloth boards. Map end papers. Dust jacket has tiny closed tear and chips at head of spine on jacket. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. ix, 177 pp. including index. Quarto, 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches tall. A significant contribution to a deeper understanding of the Spanish period in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, this translation of Father Diego Miguel Bringas' 1796–97 report on missionary activities presents a rare first-hand account of Spanish attempts to direct cultural change among the Pima Indians.