academicanarchist - 1-13-2005 at 09:39 PM
My new book will be available soon. The title is: "Missions and Frontiers of Spanish America: A Comparative Study of the Impact of Environmental,
Economic, Political, and Socio-Cultural Variations on the Missions in the Rio de la Plata Region and on the Northern Frontier of New Spain." It will
be published by Pentacle Press in Scottsdale, Arizona (http://www.missionscalifornia.com/), and will be available in three versions: an e-book downloadable, on a cd, or conventional hard copy. The
e-book and cd have one advantage, the numerous photos and illustrations in color. Baja California figures prominently in the book.
Gypsy Jan - 1-13-2005 at 09:43 PM
Wonderful news!
I will buy your book.
Any info about the mission in Bahia Descanso in Baja Norted included?
Descanso Mission Photos
David K - 1-13-2005 at 10:12 PM
The final three Baja missions (including Descanso) can be seen at: http://www.vivabaja.com/bajamissions/page16.html
AA will tell you he believes that Descanso was only a new location for Mision San Miguel and not really a seperate, unique mission. It was later moved
to Guadalupe, the last mission established in California (Baja and Alta).
Here is Descanso about 55 years ago...
Descanso & Guadalupe
academicanarchist - 1-14-2005 at 07:18 AM
The Dominicans first developed the site now know as Descanso as a farming station in the mid-1790s. There were rules for establishing missions, and
permission first had to be obtained from the government. However, relocations could be done, and both Descanso and Guadalupe were new sites for San
Miguel.
New Book
academicanarchist - 1-14-2005 at 07:30 AM
The book will do two things: provide general information about the missions, and provide the larger colonial context for the development of missions.
It is a comparative study, but missions in California and Baja California figure prominently as examples. One chapter deals specifically with the
establishment of the missions in Baja California and California. The missions in the Rio de la Plata region are located in Paraguay and surrounding
areas of Argentina and Brazil. They are the missions loosely interpreted in the mid-1980s film "The Mission."
wilderone - 1-14-2005 at 10:02 AM
Please donate one of your books to the Baja library, c/o Antonio, housed at the Baja Cactus motel in El Rosario.
bajalera - 1-14-2005 at 10:30 PM
Congratulations, Robert!l I look forward to reading the book, but that title is sure a mouthful.
Lee
It sure is
academicanarchist - 1-15-2005 at 08:17 AM
I did not come up with the title, and I always prefer shorter ones. The publisher first hired somebody to suggest titles, and we agreed on one. Then
the publisher decided to market the book through the University of New Mexico press, and they asked to change the original title. This is the one they
agreed upon.
Cover of book
academicanarchist - 1-15-2005 at 08:24 AM
This is the dezign of the book cover. The title, of course, has been changed.
David K - 1-15-2005 at 09:52 AM
Nice cover Robert... But, I don't see very many Baja missions pictured
cover of book
academicanarchist - 1-15-2005 at 10:53 AM
I didn't design the cover, or select the photos to be included. There has been one change made, though. The photo on the bottom right hand corner,
which is Santa Maria la Mayor mission located in Argentina, has been replaced by another shot of what is called the "missionary fountain" at San
Miguel mission in Brazil.
Fonte Missioneiro-Sao Miguel das Missoes, Brazil
academicanarchist - 1-15-2005 at 10:58 AM