The Birth of Los Angeles 1767 - 1824 - And the Genocide of the Tongva (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

The 1767 Spanish and Bourbon Empire's expulsion of the Jesuits and replacement by the Franciscans. The 1769 invasion of Alta California to found the beginnings of Mission San Gabriel and plan the location of Pueblo de Los Angeles.The Native Americans of the Los Angeles Basin were systematically run off the lands that they'd lived on for over 7,000 years. Their villages burned and thousands enslaved or killed by imported diseases. One of the first Native men, drawn by curiosity about glass and metal, to be converted as a Neophyte and renamed Nicolas Jose, became a leader and Alcalde, Mayor, for the Spanish. He had a split personality because, during his womanizing and power brokering, he could not forget who he was and his betrayals.In 1781 he attends the founding of Los Angeles. His changes of heart and new alliances continue through the changes of the town.