American Catholics

Russel M. Lawson is a professor at Tulsa Community College, USA, and the author or editor of five encyclopedias. A specialist in intellectual and scientific history, he has also written numerous works on exploration and early American science.

• Preface Introduction Part One: Catholics in Spanish Colonial America Chapter One: Christopher Columbus Chapter Two: Missionary Work during the Spanish Conquest and Colonization of America Chapter Three: Franciscan Missionaries in Northern Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas Chapter Four: The Missionaries of California Chapter Five: The Decline of the Spanish Missions Part Two: Catholics in French Colonial America Chapter Six: First French Voyages to America Chapter Seven: Franciscan Missionaries in New France to 1629 Chapter Eight: The Jesuits in New France Chapter Nine: Jesuit Journeys Chapter Ten: The Three Communities in the Service of Christ Chapter Eleven: Missionaries in Louisiana Chapter Twelve: Missionaries in the French-Canadian West Part Three: Catholics in English Colonial America Chapter Thirteen: War, Empire, and the British Colonies Chapter Fourteen: The Catholic Experience in the Middle and Southern Colonies Chapter Fifteen: Catholics during the American Revolution Part Four: Toward a New Century Chapter Sixteen: Catholic Missionaries in the New Republic Chapter Seventeen: Catholics in Antebellum America Part Five: Across the Continent Chapter Eighteen: Missionaries in the Trans-Appalachian Frontier Chapter Nineteen: Catholics in the Upper Mississippi Valley Chapter Twenty: Catholics in the Lower Mississippi Valley Chapter Twenty-One: Mexican Independence Chapter Twenty-Two: Changes in the Church in Texas and the Southwest Chapter Twenty-Three: California after the Mexican War Chapter Twenty-Four: Catholics Northwest of the Mississippi River into Canada Chapter Twenty-Five: The First Nations and Catholic Abuses Part Six: The Civil War and AfterChapter Twenty-Six: Catholics during the Civil War Chapter Twenty-Seven: Catholics after the Civil War Chapter Twenty-Eight: Black Catholics Chapter Twenty-Nine: Roman Catholics and the Perils of Democracy Part Seven: Into the Twentieth Century Chapter Thirty: The Modern Mentality Chapter Thirty-One: Vatican II Chapter Thirty-Two: The Great Commission Today Conclusion Appendix Bibliography About the AuthorIndex