Sonora

A Description of the Province

Ignaz Pfefferkorn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

348 Seiten

2016
University of Arizona Press (Verlag)
978-0-8165-3538-5 (ISBN)

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This multifaceted description of Sonora was written by an eighteenth-century Jesuit missionary to the Pima, Opata, and Eudeve Indians.

"The bloodsucking bat, construction of bows and arrows, the punishment for adultery among the Apaches... all was grist that dropped into the industrious mill of Father Pfefferkorn's eyes, ears, and brain."-Saturday Review

"...to be read for enjoyment; nevertheless, the historian will find in it a wealth of information that has been shrewdly appraised, carefully sifted, and creditably related."-Catholic Historical Review

"Of interest not only to the historian but to the geographer and anthropologist."-Pacific Historical Review

Father Ignaz Pfefferkorn (1726-1798) was a Jesuit missionary to the Pima, Opata, and Eudeve Indians in New Spain.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.09.2016
Reihe/Serie	Century Collection
Übersetzer	Theodore E. Treutlein
Vorwort	Bernard L. Fontana
Zusatzinfo	1 half-tone illustration, 14 half-tone tables
Verlagsort	Tucson
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	525 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8165-3538-8 / 0816535388
ISBN-13	978-0-8165-3538-5 / 9780816535385
Zustand	Neuware