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St. Louis rising : the French regime of Louis St. Ange de Bellerive / Carl J. Ekberg and Sharon K. Person.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ekberg, Carl J., author.
- Person, Sharon K., 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--Illinois.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Missouri--Saint Louis.
- French--Illinois--History--18th century.
- French.
- Illinois--History--To 1778.
- Illinois.
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--18th century.
- Saint Louis (Mo.).
- Saint-Ange de Bellerive, Louis Groston de.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana, [Illinois] ; Chicago, [Illinois] ; Springfield, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A myth-busting history focusing on Louis St. Ange de Bellerive, the forgotten figure who guided a great American city through its infancy.
- Contents:
- Introduction: beyond the Laclede-Chouteau legend
- Part I. St. Ange de Bellerive and the Illinois Country
- Fort d'Orleans 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780252080616
- 0252080610
- 9780252096938
- 0252096932
- OCLC:
- 905867350
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