| Demographic Change and Ethnic Survival Among the Sedentary Populations on the Jesuit Mission Frontiers of Spanish South America, 1609-1803: The Format Contributor(s): Jackson (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004284990 ISBN-13: 9789004284999 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $143.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Political Science | Political Ideologies - General |
| Dewey: 325.3 |
| LCCN: 2015006133 |
| Series: European Expansion and Indigenous Response |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.7" W x 10" (1.35 lbs) 306 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beginning in 1609, Jesuit missionaries established missions (reductions) among sedentary and non-sedentary native populations in the larger region defined as the Province of Paraguay (Rio de la Plata region, eastern Bolivia). One consequence of resettlement on the missions was exposure to highly contagious old world crowd diseases such as smallpox and measles. Epidemics that occurred about once a generation killed thousands. Despite severe mortality crises such as epidemics, warfare, and famine, the native populations living on the missions recovered. An analysis of the effects of epidemics and demographic patterns shows that the native populations living on the Paraguay and Chiquitos missions survived and retained a unique ethnic identity. A comparative approach that considers demographic patterns among other mission populations place the case study of the Paraguay and Chiquitos missions into context, and show how patterns on the Paraguay and Chiquitos missions differed from other mission populations. The findings challenge generally held assumptions about Native American historical demography. |