French Roots in the Illinois Country: The Mississippi Frontier in Colonial Times

ISBN-13: 9780252069246 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 376 str.

Carl J. Ekberg

Opis

Creates a picture of the Illinois country as a single ethnic, economic, and cultural entity. Focusing on the French Creole communities along the Mississippi River, this book shows how land use practices intersected with several issues between Illinois and New Orleans to the significance of the mentalities of French Creoles and Anglo-Americans.