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Colonial Ste Genevieve
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Author : Carl J. Ekberg
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2014-09-24
Colonial Ste Genevieve written by Carl J. Ekberg and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-24 with History categories.
Dr. Ekberg's masterwork on the old French town south of St. Louis brings into sharp focus life in colonial America. Ekberg has rendered a rich portrait of community life on the most fascinating of American frontiers, the composite world of French Creoles and American Indians in the Mississippi Valley. This is an important book and a good read to boot. That's how Yale University's John Mack Faragher praised this book.
From French Community To Missouri Town
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Author : Bonnie Stepenoff
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2006-09-01
From French Community To Missouri Town written by Bonnie Stepenoff and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with History categories.
A small French settlement thrived for half a century on the west bank of the Mississippi River before the Louisiana Purchase made it part of the United States in 1803. But for the citizens of Ste. Genevieve, becoming Americans involved more than simply acknowledging a transfer of power. Bonnie Stepenoff has written an engaging history of Missouri’s oldest permanent settlement to explore what it meant to be Americanized in our country’s early years. Picking up where other studies of Ste. Genevieve leave off, she traces the dramatic changes wrought by the transfer of sovereignty to show the process of social and economic transformation on a young nation’s new frontier. Stepenoff tells how French and Spanish residents—later joined by German immigrants and American settlers—made necessary compromises to achieve order and community, forging a democracy that represented different approaches to such matters as education, religion, property laws, and women’s rights. By examining the town’s historical circumstances, its legal institutions, and especially its popular customs, she shows how Ste. Genevieve differed from other towns along the Mississippi. Stepenoff has plumbed the town’s voluminous archives to share previously untold stories of Ste. Genevieve citizens that reflect how Americanization affected their lives. In these pages we meet a free woman of color who sued a prominent white family for support of her children; a slave who obtained her own freedom and then purchased her daughters’ freedom; a local sheriff who joined Aaron Burr’s conspiracy; and a doctor who treated cholera victims and later became a U.S. senator. More than colorful characters, these are real people shown pursuing justice and liberty under a new flag. The story of Ste. Genevieve serves as a testament to Tocqueville’s observations on American democracy while also challenging some of the commonly held beliefs about that institution. From French Community to Missouri Town provides a better understanding not only of how democracy works but also of what it meant to become American when America was still young.
French Roots In The Illinois Country
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Author : Carl J. Ekberg
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2000
French Roots In The Illinois Country written by Carl J. Ekberg and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
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 the flour trade between Illinois and New Orleans to the significance of the different mentalities of French Creoles and Anglo-Americans.
Fran Ois Vall And His World
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Author : Carl J. Ekberg
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2002
Fran Ois Vall And His World written by Carl J. Ekberg and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Francois Valle and His World, Carl Ekberg provides a fascinating biography of Francois Valle (1716-1783), placing him within the context of his place and time. Valle, who was born in Beauport, Canada, immigrated to Upper Louisiana (the Illinois Country) as a penniless common laborer sometime during the early 1740s. Engaged in agriculture, lead mining, and the Indian trade, he ultimately became the wealthiest and most powerful individual in Upper Louisiana, although he never learned to read or write. Ekberg focuses on Upper Louisiana in colonial times, long before Lewis and Clark arrived in the Mississippi River valley and before American sovereignty had reached the eastern bank of the Mississippi. He vividly captures the ambience of life in the eighteenth-century frontier agricultural society that Valle inhabited, shedding new light on the French and Spanish colonial regimes in Louisiana and on the Mississippi River frontier before the Americans arrived. Based entirely on primary source documents wills and testaments, parish registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, and Spanish administrative correspondence found in archives ranging from St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve to New Orleans and Seville, Francois Valle and His World traces not only the life of Francois Valle and the lives of his immediate family members, but also the lives of his slaves. In doing so, it provides a portrait of Missouri's very first black families, something that has never before been attempted. Ekberg also analyzes how the illiterate Valle became the richest person in all of Upper Louisiana, and how he rose in the sociopolitical hierarchy to become an important servant of the Spanish monarchy. Francois Valle and His World provides a useful corrective to the fallacious notion that Missouri's history began with the arrival of Lewis and Clark at the turn of the nineteenth century. Anyone with an interest in colonial history or the history of the Mississippi River valley will find this book of great value.
The Story Of Old Ste Genevieve
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Author : Gregory M. Franzwa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Story Of Old Ste Genevieve written by Gregory M. Franzwa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
Ste Genevieve
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Author : Richard Deposki
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2008
Ste Genevieve written by Richard Deposki and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
In the late 1600s and early 1700s, the French established forts, such as Fort de Chartres, in the midaMississippi Valley, as well as villages, such as River des Peres and Mine la Motte. Ste. Genevieve was founded in the late 1740s when French Canadians settled on the rich soil of the floodplain. They built homes, cultivated crops (including corn and cotton), and mined the rich veins of lead and the bluffs for stone. The great flood of 1785, referred to by early residents as laannA(c)e des grandes eaux, swept away the tiny village, and the mighty Mississippi River reclaimed its riverbed, forcing residents to move their village several miles farther west to higher ground. Today much of the early French culture remains in the numerous 18th- and 19th-century Creole houses that line the ancient streets. Germans began to arrive in the early 1800s and left their mark using the abundant clay and limestone for brick buildings and limestone houses. Ste. Genevieve is dotted with landmarks: the famous Bolduc House, the apost-in-the-grounda Amoureux House, the Felix VallA(c) House, and many other historic and architectural treasures.
French Colonial Heritage Area Study Act
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
French Colonial Heritage Area Study Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Cultural property categories.
Dictionary Of Missouri Biography
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Author : Lawrence O. Christensen
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 1999-10
Dictionary Of Missouri Biography written by Lawrence O. Christensen and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Provides short biographies on notable men and women from Missouri from a variety of areas including politics, business, agriculture, entertainment, sports, social reform, science and religion.
Actes Du Douzi Me Colloque De La French Colonial Society Ste Genevi Ve Mai 1986
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Author : French Colonial Historical Society. Meeting
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Actes Du Douzi Me Colloque De La French Colonial Society Ste Genevi Ve Mai 1986 written by French Colonial Historical Society. Meeting and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with France categories.
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Ste Genevieve Flood Control Study
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Ste Genevieve Flood Control Study written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with categories.