LEADER 03852nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910780794903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35245-8 010 $a9786612352454 010 $a0-300-15576-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300155761 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010698 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171556 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000290305 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11211128 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290305 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10410359 035 $a(PQKB)11082001 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158025 035 $a(DE-B1597)485530 035 $a(OCoLC)1013183356 035 $a(OCoLC)1024021700 035 $a(OCoLC)1029825355 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300155761 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420482 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10347213 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235245 035 $a(OCoLC)923593314 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420482 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010698 100 $a20090410d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe bourgeois frontier$b[electronic resource] $eFrench towns, French traders, and American expansion /$fJay Gitlin 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 269 p.) ) $cill., maps 225 0 $aThe Lamar Series in Western History 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-10118-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tMaps -- $tIntroduction. The Vanquished and the Vanishing -- $t1. Constructing the House of Chouteau: St. Louis -- $t2. "We are well off that there are no Virginians in this quarter: The Two Wests from 1763 to 1803 -- $t3. Surviving the Transition to American Rule -- $t4. How the West Was Sold -- $t5. Beyond St. Louis: Negotiating the Course of Empire -- $t6. Managing the Tribe of Chouteau -- $t7. "Avec bien du regret": The Americanization of Creole St. Louis and French Detroit -- $t8 "La Confédération Perdue": The Legacy of Francophone Culture in Mid-America -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aHistories tend to emphasize conquest by Anglo-Americans as the driving force behind the development of the American West. In this fresh interpretation, Jay Gitlin argues that the activities of the French are crucial to understanding the phenomenon of westward expansion.The Seven Years War brought an end to the French colonial enterprise in North America, but the French in towns such as New Orleans, St. Louis, and Detroit survived the transition to American rule. French traders from Mid-America such as the Chouteaus and Robidouxs of St. Louis then became agents of change in the West, perfecting a strategy of "middle grounding" by pursuing alliances within Indian and Mexican communities in advance of American settlement and re-investing fur trade profits in land, town sites, banks, and transportation. The Bourgeois Frontier provides the missing French connection between the urban Midwest and western expansion. 410 0$aLamar series in Western history. 606 $aFrench$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory 606 $aFrench Americans$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zWest (U.S.) 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xEthnic relations 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xHistory 615 0$aFrench$xHistory. 615 0$aFrench Americans$xHistory. 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 676 $a978/.01 700 $aGitlin$b Jay$01475960 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780794903321 996 $aThe bourgeois frontier$93817869 997 $aUNINA