03900nam 2200577 450 991079652330332120200520144314.01-5017-5702-41-60909-193-010.1515/9781501757020(CKB)4100000001038133(OCoLC)1017612948(MdBmJHUP)muse61366(DE-B1597)572277(DE-B1597)9781501757020(Au-PeEL)EBL4903978(CaPaEBR)ebr11463667(OCoLC)1011164815(OCoLC)1229161714(MiAaPQ)EBC4903978(EXLCZ)99410000000103813320171201h20152015 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrom furs to farms the transformation of the Mississippi Valley, 1762-1825 /John RedaDekalb, Illinois :Northern Illinois University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (xiii, 201 pages :)maps ;Early American Places0-87580-499-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Colonial Eighteenth Century in the Illinois Country -- 2 The Louisiana Purchase, Territorial Government, and Contested Lands -- 3 From Tippecanoe to Portage des Sioux: The Wars of 1812 -- 4 Statehood for Illinois and Missouri -- 5 After Statehood: Indian Removal, the Fur Trade, and Slavery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- IndexThis original study tells the story of the Illinois Country, a collection of French villages that straddled the Mississippi River for nearly a century before it was divided by the treaties that ended the Seven Years' War in the early 1760s. Spain acquired the territory on the west side of the river and Great Britain the territory on the east. After the 1783 Treaty of Paris and the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the entire region was controlled by the United States, and the white inhabitants were transformed from subjects to citizens.By 1825, Indian claims to the land that had become the states of Illinois and Missouri were nearly all extinguished, and most of the Indians had moved west. John Reda focuses on the people behind the Illinois Country's transformation from a society based on the fur trade between Europeans, Indians, and mixed-race (métis) peoples to one based on the commodification of land and the development of commercial agriculture. Many of these people were white and became active participants in the development of local, state, and federal governmental institutions. But many were Indian or métis people who lost both their lands and livelihoods, or black people who arrived—and remained—in bondage. In From Furs to Farms, Reda rewrites early national American history to include the specific people and places that make the period far more complex and compelling than what is depicted in the standard narrative. This fascinating work will interest historians, students, and general readers of US history and Midwestern studies.Early American places.HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)bisacshMississippi River ValleyHistoryTo 1803Mississippi River ValleyHistory1803-1865Illinois Country, Mississippi River, Seven Years' War, Treaty of Paris, Louisiana Purchase, métis people.HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800).977.02Reda John1580293MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796523303321From furs to farms3861126UNINA