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When Friar Diego Bringas penned his 1796–97 report on conditions in northwestern New Spain, he was imbued with an enthusiastic drive for reform. Hoping to gain the King of Spain’s support in improving the missionary program, Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino’s day. His writings offer a valuable study of Spanish attempts to bring about cultural change among the Piman Indians. Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and references. They analyze...

Primera entrega de un ambicioso y revelador proyecto de investigaci n hist rica. En ella se analizan los principales materiales, correspondientes a los a os que abarcan desde el estallido de la Revoluci n hasta 1935, cuyo tema central es la pol mica relacionada con el positivismo que, seg n el planteamiento del autor, sufri un proceso de disgregaci n de los elementos que lo constitu an originalmente.

El propósito de este libro es mostrar la forma como el espacio que aquí se denominaLlanos de San Martín o Territorio del Meta, se modificó y transformó en el período 1870-1930, una etapa del proceso histórico de un territorio en construcción; un territorio que en distintos momentos recibió los nombres de San Martín (provincia, Llanos de, Territorio de, territorio nacional, intendencia nacional) o Meta (intendencia nacional, jefatura civil y militar) y del cual se desprendió un área denominada Vichada (comisaría especial), y que se encuentra comprendido entre la Cordillera...