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" The world, the flesh, and the devil : "
Patricia Cleary
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637753
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Cleary, Patricia,1962-
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The world, the flesh, and the devil : : a history of colonial St. Louis /\ Patricia Cleary
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xiv, 357 pages :: illustrations, maps, portraits ;; 25 cm
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9780826219138
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: 0826219136
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-345) and index
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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
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Annotation
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Indians of North America-- Missouri
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Indians, Treatment of-- Missouri
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Saint Louis (Mo.), History
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Mississippi River Valley, History, To 1803
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Missouri, History, 18th century
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History of colonial St. Louis
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