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Book Historical and Cultural Perspectives on the Peninsula of Baja California

Download or read book Historical and Cultural Perspectives on the Peninsula of Baja California written by California Mission Studies Association. Conference and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Baja Legends

    Book Details:
  • Author : Greg Niemann
  • Publisher : Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780932653475
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book Baja Legends written by Greg Niemann and published by Sunbelt Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Baja Fever shares his extensive knowledge of the peninsula, its colorful past and booming present, in this fascinating reference book. History, lore, and amazing stories make it a "must-have" for Bajaphiles as well as armchair travelers.

Book A Burial Cave in Baja California

Download or read book A Burial Cave in Baja California written by William C. Massey and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Burial Cave in Baja California" (The Palmer Collection, 1887) by William C. Massey, Carolyn M. Osborne. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Book Californio Portraits

    Book Details:
  • Author : Harry W. Crosby
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2015-10-08
  • ISBN : 0806152583
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book Californio Portraits written by Harry W. Crosby and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1981, Harry W. Crosby’s Last of the Californios captured the history of the mountain people of Baja California during a critical moment of transition, when the 1974 completion of the transpeninsular highway increased the Californios’ contact with the outside world and profoundly affected their traditional way of life. This updated and expanded version of that now-classic work incorporates the fruits of further investigation into the Californios’ lives and history, by Crosby and others. The result is the most thorough and extensive account of the people of Baja California from the time of the peninsula’s occupation by the Spaniards in the seventeenth century to the present. Californio Portraits combines history and sociology to provide an in-depth view of a culture that has managed to survive dramatic changes. Having ridden hundreds of miles by mule to visit with various Californio families and gain their confidence, Crosby provides an unparalleled view of their unique lifestyle. Beginning with the story of the first Californios—the eighteenth-century presidio soldiers who accompanied Jesuit missionaries, followed by miners and independent ranchers—Crosby provides personal accounts of their modern-day descendants and the ways they build their homes, prepare their food, find their water, and tan their cowhides. Augmenting his previous work with significant new sources, material, and photographs, he draws a richly textured portrait of a people unlike any other—families cultivating skills from an earlier century, living in semi-isolation for decades and, even after completion of the transpeninsular highway, reachable only by mule and horseback. Combining a revised and updated text with a new foreword, introduction, and updated bibliography, Californio Portraits offers the clearest and most detailed portrait possible of a fascinating, unique, and inaccessible people and culture.

Book The Prehistory of Baja California

Download or read book The Prehistory of Baja California written by Don Laylander and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baja California, stretching 800 miles south into the Pacific Ocean from the California-Mexico border, has been called the "forgotten peninsula," a remote frontier whose natural wonders and history have remained largely unexplored. One of the world's longest peninsulas, Baja California harbors astonishing evidence of the hunting and gathering peoples who once lived here, yet the region has been little studied, and not much has been published about its archaeology and prehistory. This volume brings together recognized U.S. and Mexican scholars who have been actively engaged in primary research on the peninsula during the last two decades. It is the first comprehensive book-length study to describe and document new insights into an ancient past. Because of its relative isolation, the richness of its early historical record, and the comparatively pristine character of many parts of the peninsula, Baja California's prehistory is of particular interest to archaeologists and anthropologists. Beginning with topical essays on the emerging evidence from paleoenvironmental studies, linguistics, early historical documents, and 20th-century ethnographic studies, followed by chapters on the prehistory of seven of the peninsula's best studied regions, the authors also discuss potential directions for future research and the problem of protecting and preserving the physical traces of the prehistoric past. This book will be a standard reference for archaeologists, anthropologists, scientists, geographers, instructors of courses in North American prehistory, university libraries, and tourists.

Book The Mother of California

Download or read book The Mother of California written by Arthur Walbridge North and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical sketch of Baja California from the days of Cortez, depicting ancient missions, mines, and physical and social aspects of the country.

Book The Forgotten Peninsula

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  • Author : Joseph Wood Krutch
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 1986
  • ISBN : 9780816509874
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book The Forgotten Peninsula written by Joseph Wood Krutch and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author deftly weaves the materials of natural and human history into a radiant, tightly woven fabric. . . . This classic is a book for all seasonsÑto be reread and savored over the years.ÑLatin America in Books "His superb writing style and the timelessness of his subject (the natural world and the interaction of human beings with it) make this every bit as enjoyable today as it was in the 1960's."ÑBooks of the Southwest "Well-written and fascinating."ÑJournal of Arid Environments

Book The Missions   Missionaries of Baja California

Download or read book The Missions Missionaries of Baja California written by Francis J. Weber and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Baja California

Download or read book Baja California written by Ellen Catherine Barrett and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Baja California  1535 1936

Download or read book Baja California 1535 1936 written by Ellen C. Barrett and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Historical Summary of Baja California

Download or read book A Historical Summary of Baja California written by Alexander Smith Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Magnificent Peninsula

Download or read book The Magnificent Peninsula written by Jack Williams and published by H.J. Williams Publications. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Magnificent Peninsula is a comprehensive guide that covers all of Mexico's Baja California and its areas of interest. Making extensive use of maps, tables, photos, and illustrations, the book's subjects range from background and planning, to coverage of RV parks, resorts and hotels, watersports, and Baja's transportation system, to the region's geology, vegetation, wildlife, history, and people. The final section of the book provides over 3,000 miles of road logs for Baja's main highways as well as ideas for off-the-beaten-path side trips.

Book A Maritime History of Baja California

Download or read book A Maritime History of Baja California written by Edward W. Vernon and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A photographic essay on the harbors, anchorages, and special ships of the Baja California peninsula."--Half t.p.

Book American and English Influence on the Early Development of Ensenada  Baja California  Mexico

Download or read book American and English Influence on the Early Development of Ensenada Baja California Mexico written by David Piñera Ramírez and published by SCERP and IRSC publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tipai Ethnographic Notes

Download or read book Tipai Ethnographic Notes written by William D. Hohenthal and published by SCERP and IRSC publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a first-hand ethnographic description of Tipai/Diegueno communities of northern Baja California during the late 1940s, with information on tribes and clans, settlements, subsistence, material culture, social life, government, religious beliefs and practices, and healing. This work is of interest as a compendium of ethnographic data and as a primary historical source regarding the creation of knowledge in American cultural anthropology. Includes a separate bandw map. Hohenthal taught anthropology at San Francisco State University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR