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St. Louis and Empire: 250 Years of Imperial Quest and Urban Crisis
Henry W Berger
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
At first glance, St. Louis, Missouri, seems to have little to do with foreign relations, a field ostensibly conducted on a nation-state level. However, St. Louis, despite its status as an inland river city frequently relegated to the backwaters of national significance, has stood at the crossroads of international matters for much of its history. From its eighteenth-century French fur trade origins to post–Cold War business dealings with Latin America and Asia, the city has never neglected nor been ignored by the world outside its borders.
In this pioneering study, Henry W. Berger analyzes St. Louis’s imperial engagement from ... Read more
At first glance, St. Louis, Missouri, seems to have little to do with foreign relations, a field ostensibly conducted on a nation-state level. However, St. Louis, despite its status as an inland river city frequently relegated to the backwaters of national significance, has stood at the crossroads of international matters for much of its history. From its eighteenth-century French fur trade origins to post–Cold War business dealings with Latin America and Asia, the city has never neglected nor been ignored by the world outside its borders.
In this pioneering study, Henry W. Berger analyzes St. Louis’s imperial engagement from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809333950
SKU
V9780809333950
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About Henry W Berger
Henry W. Berger is a visiting professor emeritus of history at Washington University in St. Louis, USA. He is the editor of A William Appleman Williams Reader: Selections from His Major Historical Writings.
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