Early history of the Southwest through the eyes of German-speaking Jesuit missionaries a transcultural experience in the eighteenth century / Albrecht Classen.

Contents German-Speaking Jesuit Missionaries in the Southwest : Global Perspectives of a Local Phenomenon in the Eighteenth Century : An Introduction -- Major German Jesuit Writers and Their Biographies : A Global History from Individualized Perspectives -- Padre Eusebio Kino--the Pioneer : Discovery, Encounters, and the Establishment of the Kino Missionary Network -- Joseph Stoecklein's Welt-Bott : A Jesuit Missionary's Collection of Global Reports for a German Audience -- An Encyclopedic Approach to the Early History of Sonora : The Pimería Alta as Viewed by Ignaz Pfefferkorn, A German Scientist and Anthropologist Missionary in the New World -- Joseph Och's Travel Reports : An Autobiographical Perspective -- The Personal Perspective : Letters by the Swiss Jesuit Philipp Segesser : A Missionary's Correspondence with His Family.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.
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LCCN 2012038367
ISBN9780739177846 (cloth : alkaline paper)