From French community to Missouri town [electronic resource] : Ste. Genevieve in the nineteenth century / Bonnie Stepenoff.
Stepenoff, Bonnie, 1949-
2006
F474.S135 S76 2006eb
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Title From French community to Missouri town [electronic resource] : Ste. Genevieve in the nineteenth century / Bonnie Stepenoff.
Author Stepenoff, Bonnie, 1949-
ISBN 0826216684 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9780826216687
Publication Details Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
Language English
Description xiii, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number F474.S135 S76 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 977.8/692
Summary "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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index.
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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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