Sonora: Its Geographical Personality
Autor Robert C. Westen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 iul 2009
In this cultural historical geography, Robert C. West explores the dual geographic "personality" of this part of Mexico's northern frontier. Utilizing the idea of "old" and "new" landscapes, he describes two Sonoras—to the east, a semiarid to subhumid mountainous region that reached its peak of development in the colonial era and still lives largely in its colonial past; and, to the west, a desert region that in the twentieth century has become a major agricultural producer and the modern center of economic and cultural activity.
After a description of the physical and biotic aspects of Sonora, West describes the aboriginal farming cultures that inhabited eastern Sonora before the Spanish conquest. Following the conquest, he traces the spread of Jesuit missions and Spanish mining and ranching communities into this land where gold, silver, and copper ores were easily extracted by surface mining. He charts the decline of eastern Sonora with the coming of Apache and Seri raids during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. And he shows how western Sonora has become one of Mexico's most powerful political and economic entities in the twentieth century.
For geographers, historians, anthropologists, and economists, as well as travelers to Sonora and its coastal resorts, this lively and interesting book will be important reading.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292722583
ISBN-10: 0292722583
Pagini: 207
Ilustrații: 44 figures, 3 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0292722583
Pagini: 207
Ilustrații: 44 figures, 3 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Locul publicării:United States
Notă biografică
Robert C. West is Boyd Professor Emeritus of geography and anthropology at Louisiana State University.
Cuprins
- Abbreviations Used
- Preface
- 1. Physical and Biotic Aspects of Sonora
- 2. The Aboriginal Cultures of Sonora
- 3. Spanish Settlement of Sonora: The Missions
- 4. Spanish Settlement of Sonora: The Mines and Ranches
- 5. Mine and Mission Relations in Colonial Sonora
- 6. Indian Depredations in Sonora
- 7. The Sonoran Gold Craze
- 8. The Growing Domination of Western Sonora
- Appendix A. A Jesuit Memoria
- Appendix B. Property of the Mission of Sahuaripa, 1735
- Appendix C. Church Lands along the Lower Bavispe Valley, 1790
- Appendix D. Sellos, 1684 and 1714
- Appendix E. Monthly Statistics on the Mining Camp of San Francisco de Asís, 1805–1809
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Descriere
In this cultural historical geography, Robert C. West explores the dual geographic "personality" of this part of Mexico's northern frontier.