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The World, the Flesh, and the Devil: A History of Colonial St. Louis
Patricia Cleary
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Description for The World, the Flesh, and the Devil: A History of Colonial St. Louis
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 456.
As Anglo-American colonists along the Atlantic seaboard began to protest British rule in the 1760s, a new settlement was emerging many miles west. St. Louis, founded simply as a French trading post, was expanding into a diverse global village. Few communities in eighteenth-century North America had such a varied population: indigenous Americans, French traders and farmers, African and Indian slaves, British officials, and immigrant explorers interacted there under the weak guidance of the Spanish governors. As the city's significance as a hub of commerce grew, its populace became increasingly unpredictable, feuding over matters large and small and succumbing too often ... Read more
As Anglo-American colonists along the Atlantic seaboard began to protest British rule in the 1760s, a new settlement was emerging many miles west. St. Louis, founded simply as a French trading post, was expanding into a diverse global village. Few communities in eighteenth-century North America had such a varied population: indigenous Americans, French traders and farmers, African and Indian slaves, British officials, and immigrant explorers interacted there under the weak guidance of the Spanish governors. As the city's significance as a hub of commerce grew, its populace became increasingly unpredictable, feuding over matters large and small and succumbing too often ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Missouri
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
730g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826219138
SKU
V9780826219138
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About Patricia Cleary
Patricia Cleary is Professor of History at California State University-Long Beach. She is a St. Louis native currently living in Long Beach, California, and is the author of Elizabeth Murray: A Woman's Pursuit of Independence in Eighteenth-Century America.
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