Demographic Change and Ethnic Survival Among the Sedentary Populations on the Jesuit Mission Frontiers of Spanish South America, 1609-1803

The Formation and Persistence of Mission Communities in a Comparative Context
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-28499-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: European Expansion and Indigenous Response

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Robert H

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Missionswissenschaft, Missionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Demographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche Orden und Vereinigungen, Ordensgeschichte, Mönchstum

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Editor’s Foreword
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Figures
List of Tables

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Managing the Missions and Social-Cultural Change

Chapter 3: Smallpox Epidemics and Smallpox Treatment

Chapter 4: Demographic Patterns on the Paraguay and Chiquitos Mission Frontiers

Chapter 5: Mission Demographic Patterns among Sedentary and Non-Sedentary Natives on the Frontiers of Spanish America: A Comparative Discussion

Chapter 6: Post Jesuit Expulsion Population Trends

Chapter 7: Conclusions

Appendices
Appendix 1: Population of the Paraguay Missions
Appendix 2: Females as a Percentage of the Total Population of the Paraguay Missions
Appendix 3: Marriages Recorded in the Paraguay Missions, in selected years
Appendix4: Vital Rates of the Paraguay Missions
Appendix5: Population of the Chiquitos Missions
Appendix 6: Females as a percentage of the total population of the Chiquitos Missions
Appendix 7: Marriages Recorded in the Chiquitos Missions in selected years
Appendix 8: Vital Rates of the Chiquitos Missions
Appendix 9: Castillian Weights and Measures Mentioned in the Text
Appendix 10: A Note on colonial Spanish American Silver Coins
Appendix 11: Area Measurements of Agricultural Land in Spanish America

Selected Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Robert H. Jackson received his doctorate in 1988 from the University of California, Berkeley, with a specialization in Latin American history. He has published more than ten books and 60 journal articles. Brill published his book Conflict and Conversion in Sixteenth Century Mexico in 2013. He currently resides in Mexico City.