El Tabaco: Su Cultivo, Producción Y Comercio...

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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...

La Comisión Científica del Pacífico, última de las grandes expediciones enviadas a América, recopiló gran información sobre estudios hidrográficos, físicos, meteorológicos, etc. Entre los expedicionarios se encontraba Rafael Castro Ordóñez, dibujante y fotógrafo, que nos proporcionó interesantes documentos del viaje. Este libro reproduce principalmente las fotografías realizadas en California. Agradecimientos: A la Biblioteca Tomás Navarro del Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales del CSIC, así como al Archivo del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, su colaboración...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Didier Ozanam a consacré sa vie de chercheur au XVIIIe siècle espagnol. Cet hommage explore les thèmes chers au spécialiste de l'administration et du gouvernement de l'Espagne. L'instauration des Bourbons a constitué une rupture dans l'organisation des pouvoirs et l'orientation politique. Etudiant les relations entre l'Espagne et l'étranger, sept contributeurs montrent comment la modernisation de l'Etat et l'introduction des Lumières sont dues à l'apport d'étrangers servant le roi d'Espagne. Treize autres articles analysent la transformation de l'Etat, s'attachant aux mutations...