The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion
(Part of the The Lamar Series in Western History Series)
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Histories 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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0300168039
ISBN13:9780300168037
Release Date:October 2010
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:290 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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