The Genesis of Missouri
Subtitle: From Wilderness Outpost to Statehood
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: January 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780826207272
Subjects: American history; Missouri; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - State & Local - General; History
Table of contents: title: Exploring the wilderness; title: Missouri's French foundations; title: Creating a Spanish barrier; title: You cannot lock up an open field; title: Villages and farmsteads, common fields and clearings; title: Galleries, gumbo, and "La Guignolee"; title: We are all now Americans; title: The beginnings of republican government; title: Pettifoggers, renegadoes, and impatient natives; title: The turmoil continues; title: Territory in transition; title: An uneasy interlude; title: Defending the American republic's western border; title: A land of promise; title: Beyond the Sabbath; title: Missouri comes of age; title: Epilogue : The legacy of colonial and territorial Missouri