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San Antonio's churches /

The towns that the Spaniards of colonial Mexico planted on their northern frontier were organized around the ideal of a close interaction between church, missionary outreach, and military. San Antonio was the most successful realization of this dream in Texas. The pattern of this tripartite approach...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kearney, Milo
Other Authors: Galan, Francis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2012]
Series:Images of America.
Subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.) > Church history > Pictorial works.
Church buildings > Texas > San Antonio > Pictorial works.
San Antonio (Tex.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Pictorial works.
San Antonio (Tex.) > Biography > Pictorial works.
Table of Contents:
  • The Spanish and Mexican Periods
  • The Republic of Texas and the Early Statehood Period
  • The Civil War and Reconstruction
  • The Gilded Age
  • The Progressive Age
  • World War I and the Roaring Twenties
  • The Great Depression and World War II
  • The Post-World War II Boom
  • The Late 20th Century
  • Recent Developments.