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Colonial Ste. Genevieve : an adventure on the Mississippi frontier / Carl J. Ekberg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, (c)2014.Edition: Second edition.ition; Southern Illinois University Press editionDescription: 1 online resource (543 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780809333813
Other title:
  • Colonial Sainte Genevieve
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • F474 .C656 2014
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"First published by Patrice Press in 1985. Second edition published in 1996"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface to the Second Edition; Foreword; Introduction; Maps, Figures, and Illustrations; Chronology of Events in the Illinois Country; Part 1: Ste. Genevieve and The Illinois Country; I.A Town Is Born; II. The Old Town; III. Competition for Empire; IV. Red Man-White Man; Part 2: Fundamentals of Life; V. Earning a Living: Grain, Lead, and Commerce; VI. Society on the French Frontier; VII. Black Slavery French Style; VIII. Life, Death, and Doctoring; IX. Parent and Child; X. Daily Life in the Colonial Community.

Part 3: Community OrganizationXI. Town Government; XII. Priests and Parishioners: The Catholic Church in Ste. Genevieve; XIII. The New Towns: Nouvelle Ste. Genevieve and Nouvelle Bourbon; XIV. Conclusion: Changing Times; Appendixes; Appendix A: Partial Geneaology of Valle Family; Appendix B: Governors General of Louisiana, 1743-1803; Appendix C: Commandants of Upper La., 1749-1804; Appendix D: Commandants of Ste. Genevieve, 1760-1804; Appendix E: Militia Captains at Ste. Genevieve, 1752-1804; Appendix F: Priests at Ste. Genevieve, 1759-18; Appendix G: Weights and Measures.

Appendix H: Currencies, Prices, and Values, 1765-1795Bibliography; Index; Author Biography; Also in the Shawnee Book Series; Back Cover.

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