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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-100806114320
ISBN-139780806114323
eBay Product ID (ePID)1505212
Product Key Features
Book TitlePaisanos : Spanish Settlers on the Northern Frontier of New Spain
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Publication Year1979
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorOakah L. Jones Jr.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width7.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN78-058119
TitleLeadingLos
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal979
SynopsisLittle has been written about the colonists sent by Spanish authorities to settle the northern frontier of New Spain, to stake Spain's claim and serve as a buffer against encroaching French explorers. "Los Paisanos," they were called - simple country people who lived by their own labor, isolated, threatened by hostile Indians, and restricted by law from seeking opportunity elsewhere. They built their homes, worked their fields, and became permanent residents - the forebears of United States citizens - as they developed their own society and culture, much of which survives today.