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From the late sixteenth century until their expulsion in 1767, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) played a pivotal role in the life of Spanish America. They educated the urban population, tended to the spiritual needs of city folk, conducted “popular missions” to correct doctrinal issues with the urban and rural populations, and administered missions among the indigenous populations on the frontiers. Jesuit missions stretched from northern Mexico to Patagonia in South America, and left a considerable historical and architectural heritage and patrimony. This volume outlines the historical development of Jesuit missions located in northern Mexico and South America, and illustrates the architectural heritage they left behind.

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Robert H. Jackson received his doctorate from the University of California Berkeley with a specialization in Latin American history in 1988. He has authored, co-authored, and edited 24 books and more than 70 journal articles. His most recent book was The Public Rituals of Life, Death, and Resurrection in Tlayacapan, Morelos (Mexico) (2020).Juan Antonio Siller Camacho received his doctorate in Architecture from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and studied Anthropology with a specialization in Archaeology at the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia of the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia y Historia (INAH), Mexico. He has published a number of books and journal articles, including El patrimonio cultural y los monumentos históricos inmuebles en el Estado de Morelos (two volumes; 2015). He is a full-time researcher for INAH and a Graduate Faculty Member in Architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

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