The late Robert J. Mullen was Associate Professor of Latin American Art and Architecture at the University of Texas at San Antonio and the author of The Architecture and Sculpture of Oaxaca: 1530s-1980s.

Preface, Conventions, Acknowledgments
1. Overview
2. Urban Beginnings
3. Sixteenth Century: The Formative Era
4. Cathedrals: Symbols of Authority
5. Transitional Phase: From the Static to the Dynamic (Mid-Seventeenth to Mid-Eighteenth Century)
6. The Age of Fulfillment, 1730-1800: Estípites, "Silver" Churches, Santuarios, Residences
7. Frontier Mission Architecture
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

This book is the first I know that addresses this architecture in one concise, readable volume.... It will be useful to students and travelers or simply people interested in the architecture of Mexico