| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 357 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-345) and index. |
| Contents |
From France to the frontier -- Settling "Paincourt" : Indians, the fur trade, and farms -- "A strange mixture" : rulers, misrule, and unruly inhabitants in the 1760s -- Power dynamics and the Indian presence in St. Louis -- Sex, race, and empire : the peopling of St. Louis -- "The world, the flesh, and the devil" : conflicts over religion, alcohol, and authority -- A village in crisis : conflict and violence on the brink of war -- "L'année du coup" : the "last day of St. Louis" and the Revolutionary War -- The struggles of the 1780s -- St. Louis in the 1790s : the enemies within and without -- "The devil take all" or "a happy change"? : the end of European rule and the American takeover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History.
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Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803.
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Mississippi River Valley. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1803 |
| Subject |
Missouri -- History -- 18th century.
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Missouri. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Missouri.
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Indians of North America. |
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Indians, Treatment of -- Missouri.
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Indians, Treatment of. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
History of colonial St. Louis |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Cleary, Patricia, 1962- World, the flesh, and the devil. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2011 9780826219138 (OCoLC)671703399 |
| ISBN |
9780826272423 (electronic book) |
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0826272428 (electronic book) |
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9780826219138 |
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0826219136 |
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