Laboring in the fields of the Lord
Spanish missions and Southeastern Indians
Our rough guess is there are 52,500 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 3 hours and 30 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 7 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Author
Publication
1999 - Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, District of Columbia
Language
English
Word Count
52,500 words, Guess
Page Count
210 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelaboringinfields00mila
- ISBN-101560989408
- ISBN-139781560989400
- LibraryThing6587962
- Library of Congress Control Number98042319
Classifications
- DDC975.9/01
- LCCE78.S65 M55 1999
- LCCE78.S65M55 1999
Description
"One of the great secrets of American history, more than 150 Spanish mission churches once dotted the landscape between modern Miami and the Chesapeake Bay. Built between the 1560s and 1760s, the missions were concentrated in what is now northern Florida and southern Georgia, but until recently their existence - and their influence on the region's native groups - has remained virtually undetected. Their wood and thatch buildings burned or rotted away, and sweeping epidemics gradually wiped out the entire populations of the Timucua, Guale, and Apalachee Indians." "Drawing upon archaeological and historical research conducted during the last twenty years, archaeologist Jerald T. Milanich contends that the southeastern mission system, conceived as a way to save souls while converting a potentially hostile population into an essential labor force, was central to the Spanish colonial enterprise."--Jacket.
Subjects
Topics
Other Editions
- Laboring in the fields of the Lord: Spanish missions and Southeastern Indians
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!