The California Missions

  • The California Missions: History, Art, and Preservation
    The California Missions: History, Art, and Preservation
    By Edna E. Kimbro, Julia G. Costello, Tevvy Ball

    Bean , L. J. , and H. W. Lawton . Some explanations for the rise of cultural complexity in native California with comments on proto - agriculture and agriculture . In Before the Wilderness : Environmental Management by Native ...

  • The California Missions
    The California Missions
    By Ann Heinrichs

    Describes the beginning of the Spanish mission system in California, its expansion, and the effects of the missions on the native peoples of that area.

  • The California Missions: A Pictorial History
    The California Missions: A Pictorial History
    By Dorothy Krell

    Numerous photographs complement a history of California's twenty-one Spanish missions, historic relics of the industrious colonists.

  • The California Missions
    The California Missions
    By Ruben G. Mendoza

    With lush photography that captures the missions’ details so splendidly, this is the perfect book for mission visitors and lovers of their strong and simple forms.

  • The California Missions: A Complete Pictorial History and Visitor's Guide
    The California Missions: A Complete Pictorial History and Visitor's Guide
    By Editors of Sunset Books

    Story of dramatic founding, ruination, and eventual restoration All 21 missions with watercolor renderings, photos from early days to recent times Each mission's meaning, contribution, and history explained.