French St. Louis by Jay Gitlin PAPERBACK 9781496234667

French St. Louis\nby Jay Gitlin\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jay Gitlin\nTitle: French St. Louis\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of the Americas\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press\nPublication year: 2023\nISBN-13: 9781496234667\nISBN-10: 1496234669\nRRP: \u00A327.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nA gateway to the West and an outpost for eastern capital and culture, St. Louis straddled not only geographical and political divides but also cultural, racial, and sectional ones. At the same time, it connected a vast region as a gathering place of peoples, cultures, and goods. The essays in this collection contextualize St. Louis, exploring French-Native relations, the agency of empire in the Illinois Country, the role of women in \u201Cmapping\u201D the Frenc.