From French community to Missouri town [electronic resource] : Ste. Genevieve in the nineteenth century / Bonnie Stepenoff.
2006
F474.S135 S76 2006eb
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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
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.