French Roots in the Illinois Country: The Mississippi Frontier in Colonial Times

by Carl J. Ekberg

Book Overview

Winner of the Kemper and Leila Williams Book Prize for the Best Book on Louisiana History, French Roots in the Illinois Country creates an entirely new picture of the Illinois country as a single ethnic, economic, and cultural entity. Focusing on the French Creole communities along the Mississippi River, Carl J. Ekberg shows how land use practices such as medieval-style open-field agriculture intersected with economic and social issues ranging from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252069242
• ISBN13: 9780252069246
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"