Pames, Jonaces, and Franciscans in the Sierra Gorda

Book Review| August 01 2018 Pames, Jonaces, and Franciscans in the Sierra Gorda: Mecos and Missionaries Pames, Jonaces, and Franciscans in the Sierra Gorda: Mecos and Missionaries. By Jackson, Robert H.. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017. Photographs. Maps. Figures. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 229 pp. Cloth, £52.99. Jose Alfredo Rangel Silva Jose Alfredo Rangel Silva El Colegio de San Luis Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Hispanic American Historical Review (2018) 98 (3): 513–514. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-6933644 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Jose Alfredo Rangel Silva; Pames, Jonaces, and Franciscans in the Sierra Gorda: Mecos and Missionaries. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 August 2018; 98 (3): 513–514. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-6933644 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsHispanic American Historical Review Search Advanced Search This volume summarizes two centuries of contact and interaction between missionaries and the Pames and Jonaces, two Chichimeca groups in the Sierra Gorda, from the vantage of the new mission history and historical demography, fields in which Robert H. Jackson is a well-known specialist. I had hoped that the work would emphasize the indigenous populations, their strategies of resistance and adaptation to the missions, and the transformation of the sacred landscapes and native peoples' way of life, as well as the power relations among the agents of the colonization and the natives. However, Jackson's focus is on mission buildings, congregations' patterns, and their demographic consequences.The book reviews the first Franciscan, Augustinian, and Dominican missions in central Mexico, particularly those of Michoacán and Oaxaca, and shows how missions and doctrines were established over pre-Hispanic political and administrative structures. The mission model used... Copyright © 2018 by Duke University Press2018 Issue Section: Fifteenth–Seventeenth Centuries You do not currently have access to this content

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