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" From French community to Missouri town : "
Bonnie Stepenoff.
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BL
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964726
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b719096
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| Main Entry
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Stepenoff, Bonnie,1949-
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From French community to Missouri town : : Ste. Genevieve in the nineteenth century /\ Bonnie Stepenoff.
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Columbia :: University of Missouri Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages) :: illustrations
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0826265650
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0826216684
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9780826216687
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index.
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| Contents
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Ste. Genevieve in 1803 -- The old French aristocracy -- Americans in a French community -- German influx -- Becoming an American town -- Law and order in Ste. Genevieve -- French women in an American republic -- Slavery and freedom -- Work and family in Ste. Genevieve -- Home, church, and school -- Life, death, and remembrance -- Holidays and celebrations -- Ste. Genevieve in 1885.
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"Examines the historical circumstances, legal institutions, and popular customs of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri's oldest permanent settlement, to discuss how French and Spanish residents, German immigrants, and American settlers compromised on issues of education, religion, property laws, and women's rights to achieve order and community before and after the Louisiana Purchase"--Provided by publisher.
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Ethnic relations.
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HISTORY-- State Local-- General.
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HISTORY-- State Local.
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Social conditions
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Sainte Genevieve (Mo.), Ethnic relations, History, 19th century.
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Sainte Genevieve (Mo.), History, 19th century.
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Sainte Genevieve (Mo.), Social conditions.
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Sainte Genevieve (Mo.), Conditions sociales.
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Sainte Genevieve (Mo.), Histoire, 19e siècle.
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Sainte Genevieve (Mo.), Relations interethniques, Histoire, 19e siècle.
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Missouri, Sainte Genevieve.
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977.8/692
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F474.S135S76 2006eb
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