- Chapter 1: German-Speaking Jesuit Missionaries in the Southwest: Global Perspectives of a Local Phenomenon in the Eighteenth Century- An Introduction Chapter 2: Major German Jesuit Writers and Their Biographies: A Global History from Individualized Perspectives Chapter 3: Padre Eusebio Kino - the Pioneer: Discovery, Encounters, and the Establishment of the Kino Missionary Network Chapter 4: Joseph Stoecklein's Welt-Bott: A Jesuit Missionary's Collection of Global Reports for a German Audience Chapter 5: An Encyclopedic Approach to the Early History of Sonora: The Pimeria Alta as Viewed by Ignaz Pfefferkorn
- A German Scientist and Anthropologist Missionary in the New World Chapter 6: Joseph Och's Travel Reports: An Autobiographical Perspective Chapter 7: The Personal Perspective: Letters by the Swiss Jesuit Philipp Segesser: A Missionary's Correspondence with His Family.
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This book provides unique and lively, authentic, and source-based insights into the history, culture, geography, fauna, flora, geology, climate, and politics of eighteenth-century Sonora/Arizona, drawing from the fascinating first-hand accounts written by German speaking Jesuit missionaries. Transcultural experiences of extraordinary kinds dominate those accounts which allow us to understand the difficult, problematic, sometimes hostile, but then also productive and fruitful contacts, interactions, and dealings between the European missionaries and the native population.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)