French St. Louis: Landscape, Contexts, and Legacy

Book Overview

A gateway to the West and an outpost for eastern capital and culture, St. Louis straddled not only geographical and political divides but also cultural, racial, and sectional ones. At the same time, it connected a vast region as a gathering place of peoples, cultures, and goods. The essays in this collection contextualize St. Louis, exploring French-Native relations, the agency of empire in the Illinois Country, the role of women in "mapping" the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496234669
• ISBN13: 9781496234667
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"