TY - BOOK ID - 3493793 TI - Demographic change and ethnic survival among the sedentary populations on the Jesuit mission frontiers of Spanish South America, 1609-1803 PY - 2015 VL - 16 SN - 9789004284999 9004284990 9004285008 9789004285002 PB - Leiden DB - UniCat KW - Indians of South America KW - Jesuits KW - Social change KW - Missions KW - #GBIB: jesuitica KW - 271.5 <8=6> KW - American aborigines KW - American Indians KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Christian missions KW - Christianity KW - Missions, Foreign KW - Religion KW - Theology, Practical KW - Proselytizing KW - Change, Social KW - Cultural change KW - Cultural transformation KW - Societal change KW - Socio-cultural change KW - Social history KW - Social evolution KW - History KW - History. KW - Jezuïeten--Latijns Amerika KW - Ethnology KW - South America KW - Paraguay KW - Chiquitos (Bolivia : Province) KW - Population KW - Ethnic relations KW - Church history. KW - 271.5 <8=6> Jezuïeten--Latijns Amerika KW - Missions&delete& KW - Dēmokratia tēs Paragouaēs KW - Lýðveldið Paraguei KW - Pâ-lâ-kûi KW - Paragaĭmudin Orn KW - Paragoayi KW - Paragouaē KW - Paragua KW - Paraguai KW - Paraguaidh KW - Paraguay Vabariik KW - Paraguei KW - Paragvæ KW - Paragvaĭ KW - Paragvaj KW - Paragvaja Respubliko KW - Paragvajo KW - Pʻaragwai KW - Parahvaĭ KW - Paraqvay KW - Parawayi KW - Parawayi Republika KW - Pharaguay KW - Pobblaght ny Paraguay KW - Republic of Paraguay KW - República del Paraguay KW - Republika Paragvaĭ KW - Republika Paragvaj KW - République du Paraguay KW - Rėspublika Parahvaĭ KW - Tetã Paraguái KW - Παραγουάη KW - Δημοκρατία της Παραγουάης KW - Рэспубліка Парагвай KW - Република Парагвай KW - Парагаймудин Орн KW - Парагвай KW - パラグアイ KW - 파라과이 KW - Chiquitos, Bolivia (Province) KW - Compagnie de Jésus KW - Compañia de Jesus KW - Gesellschaft Jesu KW - Jesuitas KW - Jesuiten KW - Jesuiti KW - Jezuïten KW - Jésuites KW - Paters Jezuïten KW - Societeit van Jezus KW - Society of Jesus KW - イエズス会 KW - カトリック イエズス会 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3493793 AB - Beginning in 1609, Jesuit missionaries established missions (reductions) among sedentary and non-sedentary native populations in the larger region defined as the Province of Paraguay (Rio de la Plata region, eastern Bolivia). One consequence of resettlement on the missions was exposure to highly contagious old world crowd diseases such as smallpox and measles. Epidemics that occurred about once a generation killed thousands. Despite severe mortality crises such as epidemics, warfare, and famine, the native populations living on the missions recovered. An analysis of the effects of epidemics and demographic patterns shows that the native populations living on the Paraguay and Chiquitos missions survived and retained a unique ethnic identity. A comparative approach that considers demographic patterns among other mission populations place the case study of the Paraguay and Chiquitos missions into context, and show how patterns on the Paraguay and Chiquitos missions differed from other mission populations. The findings challenge generally held assumptions about Native American historical demography. ER -