Robert H. Jackson, Ph.D. (1988), University of California at Berkeley, specialises in Latin American history. He is an independent scholar living in Mexico City. His research interests include historical demography, missions, and liberalism.

"The 14 chapters of this book fruitfully explore different aspects and features of early modern merchant cultures around the globe, with particular emphasis on cross-cultural encounters and exchanges." – Xabier Lamikiz, in: Hispanic American Historical Review 103.3 (2023): 535–536.

• General Series Editor’s PrefaceInitial ThoughtsList of Illustrations and Tables1 Introduction1Setting the Stage for the Bourbon Reforms under Carlos III1.1Defining Mission Reform1.2Laying Out the InterpretationPart 1: From Hapsburg to Bourbon Missions2 Preliminaries1The Organization of Evangelization in Cholula2The Organization of the Evangelization of the Province of Huaxtepec3Franciscan Reform: The Apostolic Colleges4Secularization of Rural Doctrinas5The Jesuits in Spanish America6Conclusions3 The Sierra Gorda and Texas Missions1The Missions of Coahuila-Texas2The Failure of Congregation on the Texas Gulf Coast3Conclusions4 The Bourbon Reforms and the Ex-Jesuit Missions of Baja California and Northern Sonora1The Proverbial Bull in the China Shop: The Franciscans and the Reorganization of the Baja California Missions2Reform of the Ex-Jesuit Missions of Northern Sonora3ConclusionsPart 2: Organizing the New California Missions, 1769–1834Introduction to Part 25 The Jesuit Missions among the Guaraní1Treaty Making, Conflict, and Guaraní Diaspora2The Post-Jesuit Expulsion Reform of the Guaraní Missions3Guaraní Mission Demographic Patterns4Mortality Crises, 1733–17405Demographic Patterns on Los Santos Reyes Yapeyú Mission6Demographic Patterns on San Lorenzo Mission7Gender and Age Structure of the Mission Populations8Conclusions6 Congregation: The Formation of the California Mission Communities1Congregation on the San Francisco Bay Area Missions2Congregation on the Central Coast Region Missions3Conclusions7 The Mission Urban Plan, Social Control, and Indigenous Resistance1The Mission Urban Plan and Social Control on the Chumash Missions2Urban Plan on the San Francisco Bay Region Missions3The Urban Plan on the Central Coast Missions4Social Control and Resistance5Conclusions8 Demographic Patterns on the Missions1Demographic Patterns on the Chumash Missions2Demographic Patterns on the San Francisco Bay Region Missions3Demographic Patterns on the Central Coast Region Missions4Conclusions9 An Alternative Pattern of Development: San Diego and San Luis Rey Missions1The Ideal of Congregation2Later Patterns of Development on San Diego Mission, 1810–18343Conclusions10 Non-indigenous Settlers in California1The Supply of the Presidios2Demographic Patterns of the Soldier-Settler Populations3The Demographic Profile of the Villa de Branciforte4 Conclusion11 ConclusionsEpilogue: Saint or Sinner? Reformers and MissionariesAppendix 1: The Jesuit Presence in Spanish America in 1767Appendix 2: Population, Baptisms, and Burials on Selected Texas MissionsAppendix 3: The Population and Vital Rates of Selected Baja California MissionsAppendix 4: The Population and Vital Rates of Selected Jesuit Missions among the GuaraníAppendix 5: The Population and Vital Rates of Selected California Missions and the Villa de BranciforteSelected BibliographyIndex