Missions of Southern California

✍ Scribed by Osborne, James

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Year: 2007;2011
• Tongue: English
• Series: Postcard history series; Images of America: a history of American life in images and texts
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Touring south to north, from San Diego through Santa Barbara County, this unique compendium takes the reader through the Southern California Mission System as portrayed on vintage postcards. The book elaborates on the missions' myriad functions along the coastal El Camino Real through several centuries as not only isolated centers of civilization in thewilderness and altars of Catholic faith, but also as incursions of empire and politics and the means to convert Native American tribespeople to Christianity. While the Missions San Gabriel and San Juan Capistrano fittingly receive ample coverage herein, this book covers the region's nine major missions as well as outlying chapels, or "asistencias.";Introduction -- Mission San Diego de Alcalá -- Mission San Luis Rey de Francia -- Mission San Juan Capistrano -- Mission San Gabriel Arcángel -- Mission San Fernando Rey de España -- Mission San Buenaventura -- Mission Santa Bárbara -- Mission Santa Inés -- Mission La Purísima Concepción -- The Asistencias and other views.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction --
Mission San Diego de Alcalá --
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia --
Mission San Juan Capistrano --
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel --
Mission San Fernando Rey de España --
Mission San Buenaventura --
Mission Santa Bárbara --
Mission Santa Inés --
Mission La Purísima Concepción --
The Asistencias and other views.

✦ Subjects

Historic buildings--California, Southern;Missions, Spanish--California, Southern--History;Postcards--California, Southern;Spanish mission buildings--California, Southern--History;Missions, Spanish;Postcards;Spanish mission buildings;Historic buildings;History;Pictorial works;;Missions, Spanish -- California, Southern -- History -- Pictorial works;Spanish mission buildings -- California, Southern -- History -- Pictorial works;Historic buildings -- California, Southern -- Pictorial works;Postcards