The life and times of Fr. Junípero Serra: a pan-borderlands perspective

• Hurst Thomas, David ^[1]
  1. [1] American Museum of Natural History New York
• Localización: The Americas: A quarterly review of inter-american cultural history, ISSN 0003-1615, Vol. 71, Nº. 2 (October), 2014, págs. 185-225
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The year 2013 marked the tercentennial of Fr. Junípero Serra’s birth. That same year, historian Steven Hackel anointed Serra (1713-1784) California’s Founding Father, thereby echoing the glory attached to such American greats as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson. But Hackel also noted that Serra remains “America’s least understood founder,” with a legacy that is today decidedly “divisive … contentious and contested.”