2007/11/27 by Robert H. Jackson · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Colonialism, slavery, and trade #History of Colonial Brazil #Latin American history and culture #Tribute #Population #Geography #Regional science #Demography #History #Political science #Sociology #Archaeology
paper · doi:10.1162/jinh.2008.38.3.401
openalex publication_date 2007/11/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Massimo Livi-Bacci and Ernesto Maeder's analysis of demographic trends in the Jesuit missions of Paraguay (“The Missions of Paraguay: The Demography of an Experiment,” Journal of Interdisciplinary History, XXXV [2004], 185–224) is flawed. Though offering important insights, it relies on general findings at the expense of significant regional variations, and it ignores sources, such as tribute censuses, that supply telling details about individual missions.