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From the late sixteenth century until their expulsion in 1767, members of the Society of Jesus played an important role in the urban life of Spanish America and as administrators of frontier missions. This study examines the organization of the Society of Jesus in Spanish America in large provinces, as well as the different urban institutions such as colegios and frontier missions. It outlines the spiritual and educational activities in cities. The Jesuits supported the royal initiative to evangelize indigenous populations on the frontiers, and particularly the outcomes that did not always conform to expectations. One reason for this was the effects of diseases such as smallpox on the indigenous populations. Finally, it examines the 1767 expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish territories. Some died before leaving the Americas or at sea. The majority reached Spain and were later shipped to exile in the Papal States

Scholars have debated the demographic consequences for the indigenous populations of the Americas of 1492, the beginning of sustained contact between the Old and New Worlds. Some have hypothesized an initial die-off of indigenous population resulting from the introduction of highly contagious crowd diseases such as smallpox and measles. So-called ""virgin soil"" epidemics caused catastrophic mortality that culled the indigenous populations, and some scholars such as the late Henry Dobyns hypothesized a rate of decline of around 90 percent as epidemics spread across the Americas like a miasmic

Demographic Change and Ethnic Survival among the Sedentary Populations on the Jesuit Mission Frontiers of Spanish South America, 1609-1803: The Formation and Persistence of Mission Communities in a Comparative Context -- Copyright -- Contents -- General Editor's Foreword -- List of Illustrations, Maps, Figures and Tables -- Glossary -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Managing the Missions and Social-Cultural Change -- 3: Smallpox Epidemics and Smallpox Treatment -- 4: Demographic Patterns on the Paraguay and Chiquitos Mission Frontiers -- 5: Mission Demographic Patterns among Sedentary and Non-Sedentary Natives on the Frontiers of Spanish America: A Comparative Discussion -- 6: Post-Jesuit Expulsion Population Trends -- 7: Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Population of the Paraguay Missions, in Selected Years -- Appendix 2: Females as a Percentage of the Total Population of the Paraguay Missions -- Appendix 3: Marriages Recorded in the Paraguay Missions, in Selected Years -- Appendix 4: Vital Rates of the Paraguay Missions -- Appendix 5: Population of the Chiquitos Missions -- Appendix 6: Females as a Percentage of the Total Population of the Chiquitos Missions -- Appendix 7: Marriages Recorded in the Chiquitos Missions in Selected Years -- Appendix 8: Vital Rates of the Chiquitos Missions -- Appendix 9: Castillian Weights and Measures Mentioned in the Text -- Appendix 10: A Note on Colonial Spanish American Silver Coins -- Appendix 11: Area Measurements of Agricultural Land in Spanish America -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Setting the Stage: Native Peoples and Augustinian Missions in Central Mexico and Beyond the Chichimeca Frontier -- 3 The War against Satan and Sin: The Open Chapel Murals of San Nicolas Tolentino and Santa Maria Xoxoteco -- 4 The Holy War against the Chichimecas: The Ixmiquilpan Church Mural Series -- 5 Beyond the Chichimeca Frontier: Augustinian Evangelization of the Sierra Gorda, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries -- 6 Conclusion -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

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