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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cleary, Patricia, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.) > History.
Mississippi River Valley > History > To 1803.
Missouri > History > 18th century.
Indians of North America > Missouri.
Indians, Treatment of > Missouri.
Table of 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'annĂ©e 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.