03852nam 2200721Ia 450 991078079490332120200520144314.01-282-35245-897866123524540-300-15576-X10.12987/9780300155761(CKB)2430000000010698(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171556(SSID)ssj0000290305(PQKBManifestationID)11211128(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290305(PQKBWorkID)10410359(PQKB)11082001(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158025(DE-B1597)485530(OCoLC)1013183356(OCoLC)1024021700(OCoLC)1029825355(DE-B1597)9780300155761(Au-PeEL)EBL3420482(CaPaEBR)ebr10347213(CaONFJC)MIL235245(OCoLC)923593314(MiAaPQ)EBC3420482(EXLCZ)99243000000001069820090410d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe bourgeois frontier[electronic resource] French towns, French traders, and American expansion /Jay GitlinNew Haven Yale University Press20091 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 269 p.) ) ill., mapsThe Lamar Series in Western HistoryBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-10118-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Introduction. The Vanquished and the Vanishing -- 1. Constructing the House of Chouteau: St. Louis -- 2. "We are well off that there are no Virginians in this quarter: The Two Wests from 1763 to 1803 -- 3. Surviving the Transition to American Rule -- 4. How the West Was Sold -- 5. Beyond St. Louis: Negotiating the Course of Empire -- 6. Managing the Tribe of Chouteau -- 7. "Avec bien du regret": The Americanization of Creole St. Louis and French Detroit -- 8 "La Confédération Perdue": The Legacy of Francophone Culture in Mid-America -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- IndexHistories tend to emphasize conquest by Anglo-Americans as the driving force behind the development of the American West. In this fresh interpretation, Jay Gitlin argues that the activities of the French are crucial to understanding the phenomenon of westward expansion.The Seven Years War brought an end to the French colonial enterprise in North America, but the French in towns such as New Orleans, St. Louis, and Detroit survived the transition to American rule. French traders from Mid-America such as the Chouteaus and Robidouxs of St. Louis then became agents of change in the West, perfecting a strategy of "middle grounding" by pursuing alliances within Indian and Mexican communities in advance of American settlement and re-investing fur trade profits in land, town sites, banks, and transportation. The Bourgeois Frontier provides the missing French connection between the urban Midwest and western expansion.Lamar series in Western history.FrenchWest (U.S.)HistoryFrench AmericansWest (U.S.)HistoryFrontier and pioneer lifeWest (U.S.)West (U.S.)Ethnic relationsWest (U.S.)HistoryFrenchHistory.French AmericansHistory.Frontier and pioneer life978/.01Gitlin Jay1475960MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780794903321The bourgeois frontier3817869UNINA