From French community to Missouri town Ste. Genevieve in the nineteenth century /

"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 ri...

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主要作者: Stepenoff, Bonnie, 1949-
企業作者: ebrary, Inc
格式: 電子 電子書
語言:英语
出版: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
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書本目錄:
  • 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.