{"product_id":"expecting-pears-from-an-elm-tree-9780822345046","title":"Expecting Pears from an Elm Tree","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzes one of the most important Catholic mission systems in republican-era Latin America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eExpecting Pears from an Elm Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is a superb book. Erick D. Langer departs from previous historical work with his portrayals of the mission life cycle (which no future historian writing on the topic will be able to ignore); missions in the republican period; the Bolivian Chaco; the frontier as a permeable, advancing and contracting concept, rather than a bright line; and the ethnohistory of the Chirguano, from autonomy to dependence.”—\u003cb\u003eDavid Block\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eMission Culture on the Upper Amazon: Native Tradition, Jesuit Enterprise, and Secular Policy in Moxos, 1660-1880\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Culminating over a decade of research, \u003ci\u003eExpecting Pears from an Elm Tree\u003c\/i\u003e brings the republican-era Franciscan missions of the Chiriguanía of southeastern Bolivia into the center of frontier history. Erick D. Langer integrates the empirical data from numerous archives into cultural frameworks in ways that create a powerful narrative of ethnogenesis in the ‘fields of interaction’ that emerged from the institutional mission.”—\u003cb\u003eCynthia Radding\u003c\/b\u003e, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations and Tables ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The \"Chiriguano Wars\": Indian Warfare and the Establishment of the Missions 21\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Franciscans 61\u003cbr\u003e 3. Death and Migration: The Population Decline of the Missions 101\u003cbr\u003e 4. Daily Life and the Development of Mission Culture 126\u003cbr\u003e 5. Conversion, Chiefs, and Rebellions: Relationships of Power on the Missions 160\u003cbr\u003e 6. Missions and the Frontier Economy 196\u003cbr\u003e 7. Outside Relations and the Decline of the Missions 218\u003cbr\u003e 8. From the Chaco War to Secularization, 1932–1949 257\u003cbr\u003e 9. Comparions 270\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: The Inauguration of Tiguipa Church (1902) 284\u003cbr\u003e Glossary 289\u003cbr\u003e Notes 291\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 337\u003cbr\u003e Index 355\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406055973207,"sku":"9780822345046","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822345046.jpg?v=1730494382","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/expecting-pears-from-an-elm-tree-9780822345046","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}