Converting California Indians and Franciscans in the missions / [electronic resource] :
James A. Sandos.
- Yale University Press, c2004.
- 1 online resource (xix, 251 p.) : ill.
- Western Americana series .
- Yale Western Americana series (Unnumbered) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-240) and index.
California's missions as instruments of social control -- Indians at contact -- Junípero Serra and Franciscan evangelization -- The Indians of San Diego say "no!" -- Serra refuses to turn back -- Fermin Francisco Lasuen and evangelization -- Evangelization in Serra's shadow -- The only heritage their parents gave them : syphilis, gonorrhea, and other diseases -- Music and conversion -- Indian resistance to missionization -- Assessing California's missions.