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Author:

Cleary, Patricia, 1962-

Title:

The world, the flesh, and the devil : a history of colonial St. Louis / Patricia Cleary.

Publisher:

University of Missouri Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xiv, 357 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Saint Louis (Mo.)--History.
Mississippi River Valley--History--To 1803.
Missouri--History--18th century.
Indians of North America--Missouri.
Indians, Treatment of--Missouri.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-345) and index.

Contents:

From France to the frontier -- Settling "Paincourt" : Indians, the fur trade, and farms -- "A strange mixture" : rulers, misrule, and unruly inhabitants in the 1760s -- Power dynamics and the Indian presence in St. Louis -- Sex, race, and empire : the peopling of St. Louis -- "The world, the flesh, and the devil" : conflicts over religion, alcohol, and authority -- A village in crisis : conflict and violence on the brink of war -- "L'année du coup" : the "last day of St. Louis" and the Revolutionary War -- The struggles of the 1780s -- St. Louis in the 1790s : the enemies within and without -- "The devil take all" or "a happy change" ? : the end of European rule and the American takeover.

ISBN:

0826219136
9780826219138

OCLC:

(OCoLC)671703399

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)