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Author: Byron Browne Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467136301 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 208
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"After the conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortaes in the sixteenth century, conquistadors and explorers poured into the territory of Nueva Espaana. The Franciscans followed in their wake but carved a different path through a harsh and often violent landscape. That heritage can still be found across Texas, behind weathered stone ruins and in the pews of ornate, immaculately maintained naves. From early structures in El Paso to later woodland sanctuaries in East Texas, these missions anchored communities and, in many cases, still serve them today. Author Byron Browne reconnoiters these iconic landmarks and their lasting legacy."
Author: Byron Browne Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467136301 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 208
Book Description
"After the conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortaes in the sixteenth century, conquistadors and explorers poured into the territory of Nueva Espaana. The Franciscans followed in their wake but carved a different path through a harsh and often violent landscape. That heritage can still be found across Texas, behind weathered stone ruins and in the pews of ornate, immaculately maintained naves. From early structures in El Paso to later woodland sanctuaries in East Texas, these missions anchored communities and, in many cases, still serve them today. Author Byron Browne reconnoiters these iconic landmarks and their lasting legacy."
Author: Luis Torres Publisher: Western National Parks Association ISBN: 9781877856174 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 52
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Describes the history of the Spanish missions in the San Antonio, Texas, area, now preserved as the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
Author: Lee Panich Publisher: University of Arizona Press ISBN: 0816530513 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 265
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Indigenous Landscapes and Spanish Missions offers a holistic view on the consequences of mission enterprises and how native peoples actively incorporated Spanish colonialism into their own landscapes. An innovative reorientation spanning the northern limits of Spanish colonialism, this volume brings together a variety of archaeologists focused on placing indigenous agency in the foreground of mission interpretation.
Author: Robert S. Weddle Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 0292785615 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 502
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Winner, Presidio La Bahia Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas, 1978 In their efforts to assert dominion over vast reaches of the (now U.S.) Southwest in the seventeenth century, the Spanish built a series of far-flung missions and presidios at strategic locations. One of the most important of these was San Juan Bautista del Río Grande, located at the present-day site of Guerrero in Coahuila, Mexico. Despite its significance as the main entry point into Spanish Texas during the colonial period, San Juan Bautista was generally forgotten until the first publication of this book in 1968. Weddle's narrative is a fascinating chronicle of the many religious, military, colonial, and commerical expeditions that passed through San Juan and a valuable addition to knowledge of the Spanish borderlands. It won the Texas Institute of Letters Amon G. Carter Award for Best Southwest History in 1969.
Author: Luis Torres Publisher: Texas Tech University Press ISBN: 9780896723788 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 332
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Provides interviews with members of the San Antonio community who are involved in building, using, and preserving four historic Spanish colonial missions.
Author: Megan Gendell Publisher: Children's Press ISBN: 9780531212400 Category : California Languages : en Pages : 0
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Describes the daily life of people who settled in the California missions, why the missions were built, and explores the reasons for the end of the mission era.
Author: Lewis F. Fisher Publisher: Trinity University Press ISBN: 159534781X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 508
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Few American cities enjoy the likes of San Antonio's visual links with its dramatic past. The Alamo and four other Spanish missions, recently marked as a UNESCO World Heritage site, are the most obvious but there are a host of landmarks and folkways that have survived over the course of nearly three centuries that still lend San Antonio an "odd and antiquated foreignness." Adding to the charm of the nation's seventh largest city is the San Antonio River, saved to become a winding linear park through the heart of downtown and beyond and a world model for sensitive urban development. San Antonio's heritage has not been preserved by accident. The wrecking balls and headlong development that accompanied progress in nineteenth-century San Antonio roused an indigenous historic preservation movement—the first west of the Mississippi River to become effective. Its thrust has increased since the mid-1920s with the pioneering work of the San Antonio Conservation Society. In Saving San Antonio, Texas historian Lewis Fisher peels back the myths surrounding more than a century of preservation triumphs and failures to reveal a lively mosaic that portrays the saving of San Antonio's cultural and architectural soul. The process, entertaining in the telling, has reverberated throughout the United States and provided significant lessons for the built environments and economies of cities everywhere.
Author: Kerri O'Donnell Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc ISBN: 1615324984 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 34
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This book takes an in-depth look at the Spanish missions that once spanned the state of Texas. Some of the most striking buildings were erected and able to survive and thrive during the days of wild frontier. Interaction with Native Americans, and the role that missions played in the growth of Texas towns and cities is engagingly narrated. Frequent sidebars give readers a closer look at each mission, many of which are still standing today.
Author: David J. Weber Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300156219 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 314
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Winner of the 1993 Western Heritage Award given by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, here is a definitive history of the Spanish colonial period in North America. Authoritative and colorful, the volume focuses on both the Spaniards' impact on Native Americans and the effect of North Americans on Spanish settlers. "Splendid".--New York Times Book Review.
Author: Byron Browne
Author: Byron Browne
Author: Luis Torres
Author: Lee Panich
Author: Robert S. Weddle
Author: Luis Torres
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Author: Kerri O'Donnell
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Author: David J. Weber