From French community to Missouri town [electronic resource] : Ste. Genevieve in the nineteenth century / Bonnie Stepenoff.
By: Stepenoff, Bonnie
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Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006Description: xiii, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Sainte Genevieve (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index.
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.
"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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.