St. Louis Rising The French Regime of Louis St. Ange de Bellerive |
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| Author:
| Ekberg, Carl J.
Person, Sharon K. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-08061-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $62.99 |
Book Description:
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The standard story of St. Louis's founding tells of fur traders Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau hacking a city out of wilderness.'' St. Louis Rising ''overturns such gauzy myths with the contrarian thesis that French government officials and institutions shaped and structured early city society. Of the former, none did more than Louis St. Ange ......
The standard story of St. Louis's founding tells of fur traders Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau hacking a city out of wilderness.'' St. Louis Rising ''overturns such gauzy myths with the contrarian thesis that French government officials and institutions shaped and structured early city society. Of the former, none did more than Louis St. Ange ......