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: 1492, The Beginning Chapter Two: Christopher Columbus Chapter Three: Missionary Work during the Spanish Conquest and Colonization of America Chapter Four: Franciscan Missionaries in Northern Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas Chapter Five: The Missionaries of California Chapter Six: The Decline of the Spanish Missions Part Two: Catholics in French Colonial America Chapter Seven: First French Voyages to America Chapter Eight: Franciscan Missionaries in New France to 1629 Chapter Nine: The Jesuits in New France Chapter Ten: Jesuit Journeys Chapter Eleven: The Three Communities in the Service of Christ Chapter Twelve: Missionaries in Louisiana Chapter Thirteen: Missionaries in the French-Canadian West Part Three: Catholics in English Colonial America Chapter Fourteen: War, Empire, and the British Colonies Chapter Fifteen: Catholic Missionaries in the Middle and Southern Colonies Chapter Sixteen: Catholics during the American Revolution Part Four: Toward a New Century Chapter Seventeen: Catholic Missionaries in the New Republic Chapter Eighteen: Catholics in Antebellum America Part Five: Across the Continent Chapter Nineteen: Missionaries in the Trans-Appalachian Frontier Chapter Twenty: Catholics in the Upper Mississippi Valley Chapter Twenty-One: Catholics in the Lower Mississippi Valley Chapter Twenty-Two: Mexican Independence Chapter Twenty-Three: Changes in the Church in Texas and the Southwest Chapter Twenty-Four: California after the Mexican War Chapter Twenty-Five: Catholics northwest of the Mississippi River into Canada Chapter Twenty-Six: The First Nations and Catholic Abuses Part Six: The Civil War and After Chapter Twenty-Seven: Catholics during the Civil War Chapter Twenty-Eight: Catholics after the Civil War Chapter Twenty-Nine: Black Catholics Chapter Thirty: Roman Catholics and the Perils of Democracy Part Seven: Into the Twentieth Century Chapter Thirty-One: The Modern Mentality Chapter Thirty-Two: Vatican II Chapter Thirty-Three: The Great Commission Today Conclusion Appendix Bibliography About the AuthorIndex