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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792283203321

Autore

Bremer Jeff

Titolo

A store almost in sight : the economic transformation of Missouri from the Louisiana Purchase to the Civil War / / Jeff Bremer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, Iowa : , : University Of Iowa Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-60938-247-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Iowa and the Midwest Experience

Disciplina

330.9778043

Soggetti

Remedies (Law) - United States

Economic history - Missouri

Missouri Economic conditions

Missouri Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. An Enterprising and Industrious Population; 2. A New and Better Life; 3. I Can Live Here Better; 4. Vexatious and Hard Labors; 5. The Common Dependence of Man; 6. Cook, Nursemaid, and Housewife; 7. A Great Business Is Done; 8. A Store Almost in Sight; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tells the story of commercial development in Central Missouri in the 1800's.