CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION: IMPERIAL IRONIES 1
5. A FAILED CONQUEST: THE NORTHWEST BEFORE THE JESUITS, 1500–1591 15
6. A MESTIZO CONQUEST: 1590–1610 44
7. THE JESUIT REDUCTION: THE BIRTH OF THE YAQUI MISSION TOWNS, 1610–1617 71
8. MISSION AND EMPIRE: 1617–1700 96
9. CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION: EARLY BOURBON REFORMS AND THE BREAKDOWN OF NEGOTIATED PEACE, 1700–1740 120
10. “NOW GOD WANTS ALL THIS TO END”: THE SHATTERING OF THE COLONIAL PACT, 1740–1744 150
11. REORIENTATIONS: THE COLLAPSE OF THE MISSION AND THE REBIRTH OF THE YAQUI TOWNS, 1744–1810 182
12. EPILOGUE: REPUBLICAN IRONIES 209
13. ABBREVIATIONS 217
14. NOTES 219
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 257
16. INDEX 287