The world, the flesh, and the devil : a history of colonial St. Louis / Patricia Cleary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cleary, Patricia, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians, Treatment of.

History.

Saint Louis (Mo.)--History.

Saint Louis (Mo.).

Mississippi River Valley--History--To 1803.

Mississippi River Valley.

Missouri--History--18th century.

Missouri.

Indians of North America--Missouri.

Indians of North America.

Indians, Treatment of--Missouri.

Physical Description:

xiv, 357 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Other Title:

History of colonial St. Louis

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2011]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-345) and index.

ISBN:

9780826219138

0826219136

OCLC:

671703399