French roots in the Illinois country
Subtitle: the Mississippi frontier in colonial times
By: Carl J. Ekberg.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
Subjects: French Americans -- Illinois -- History.; Land settlement -- Illinois -- History.; Illinois -- History -- To 1778.; Illinois -- History -- 1778-1865.; Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803.
Description: Focusing on the French Creole communities and agricultural practices on both sides of the Mississippi River, this volume provides a comprehensive history of colonial settlement in the Illinois Country.

Carl Ekberg presents a completely new perspective on Illinois history by examining a number of previously unexplored issues: the medieval style open field agriculture, the first use of African slaves in the region as agricultural laborers, the flour trade between Illinois and New Orleans, and the significance of the different mentalites of French Creoles and Anglo-Americans in early Illinois.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-339 and index.
Table of contents: title: French longlots in North America; title: Settlements in the Illinois country; title: Open-field agriculture; title: Habitants, slaves, and engagés; title: Tilling the land in colonial Illinois; title: Agricultural commerce in the Mississippi Valley.