The Illinois country, 1673-1818
By: Clarence Walworth Alvord ; with a new introduction by Robert M. Sutton.
Contributors: Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission.; Illinois State Historical Society.
Series: The Sesquicentennial history of Illinois ;
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 524
Subjects: Illinois -- History -- To 1778.; Illinois -- History -- 1778-1865.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 465-494.
"Published for the Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission and the Illinois State Historical Society"--P. ii.
Reprint. Originally published: Springfield : Illinois Centennial Commission, 1920. (Centennial history of Illinois ; v. 1)
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: -The Land in the Making; title: -The Illinois Indians and their Neighbors; title: -The Age of Discovery; title: -The Great Governor and his Opponents; title: -The First Struggle for Empire; title: -Fur Trade and Missions; title: -The Foundation of Louisiana; title: -The Era of Speculation, 1712-1731; title: -The Royal Province; title: -The Country of the Illinois; title: -The Great Decision; title: -Organization of the New Territory; title: -The British Occupation; title: -Colonization and the Quebec Act; title: -The Struggle for the West; title: -The County of Illinois; title: -The Period of the City States; title: -The Organization of the West; title: -The Arrival of the Americans; title: -The Indians at Bay; title: -In the Fullness of Time; title: -Bibliography