San Antonio and Its Missions : Three Centuries of History, Memory, and Heritage
Texas A & M University Press
Characterizing San Antonio\u2019s five Spanish colonial\u2013era missions as \u201Csites of memory,\u201D author and historian Joel Daniel Kitchens explores how and why Spain built the missions, what happened to the missions after the Spanish colonizers left, and how and why the missions came to weigh so heavily in American imagination and identity, even into the twenty-first century.\nWhile the Alamo figures prominently in these discussions, nonetheless all five missions collectively are an enduring and deeply rooted part of the city\u2019s cultural legacy, as recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2015. This careful study aims to tease out the means and process by which the missions of San Antonio came to represent much more than the original religious and educational functions that began three\n\nSan Antonio and Its Missions\nThree Centuries of History, Memory, and Heritage\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Ro;
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