Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9780252096938
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0252096932
Content:
A myth-busting history focusing on Louis St. Ange de Bellerive, the forgotten figure who guided a great American city through its infancy
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: Beyond the Laclède-Chouteau legend -- Part I. St. Ange de Bellerive and the Illinois Country -- Fort d'Orléans and the Grotton-St. Ange family -- The rise of Louis St. Ange de Bellerive -- The Illinois Country in transition, 1763-1765 -- Commandant St. Ange de Bellerive -- The village emerges -- Part II. Contours of village life -- Logs and stones: early St. Louis buildings -- The Coutume de Paris rules -- Slaves: African and Indian -- In small things forgotten -- Foundations of the St. Louis fur trade -- End of an era -- Conclusion: St. Louis and the wider world.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780252038976
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780252080616
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe St. Louis rising Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015] ISBN 9780252038976
Language:
English
Keywords:
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