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Mound City : the place of the indigenous past and present in St. Louis / Patricia Cleary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cleary, Patricia, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Missouri--Saint Louis--History.
- Indians of North America.
- Mounds--Missouri--Saint Louis--History.
- Mounds.
- Indians of North America--Missouri--Saint Louis--Antiquities.
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--History.
- Saint Louis (Mo.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 440 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- Other Title:
- Place of the indigenous past and present in St. Louis
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2024]
- Contents:
- Chapter One. Metropolis on the Mississippi
- Chapter Two. Indigenous Migration and Early Europeans
- Chapter Three. War and the Missouria Foundation of St. Louis
- Chapter Four. The Indigenous World of Colonial St. Louis
- Chapter Five. Claiming the Mounds for the Nation
- Chapter Six. The Indigenous Reputation of "Red-Head's Town"
- Chapter Seven. Repurposing the Mounds for Urban Development
- Chapter Eight. "Little Hope of Its Standing Fast". The Big Mound in the 1850s
- Chapter Nine. The Destruction of the Big Mound
- Chapter Ten. Writing the Afterlife of the Mounds
- Chapter Eleven. The Indigenous Past and Present as Local History
- Chapter Twelve. Celebrating Mounds and their Builders in the Pageant and Masque
- Chapter Thirteen. Commemoration and Preservation
- Chapter Fourteen. Layers of Indigenous Histories.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 02, 2024).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cleary, Patricia, 1962- Mound City
- ISBN:
- 9780826274991
- 0826274994
- Publisher Number:
- 40032284493
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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