French roots in the Illinois country
the Mississippi frontier in colonial times
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Author
Publication
1998 - University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
89,750 words, Guess
Page Count
359 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL659545M
- ISBN-100252023641
- OCLC Control Number36767608
- OCLC Control Numberfrenchrootsinill0000ekbe
- Library of Congress Control Number97004861
and 1 more
- LibraryThing7866097
Classifications
- DDC977.3/03
- LCCF544 .E38 1998
Description
Focusing on the French Creole communities and agricultural practices on both sides of the Mississippi River, this volume provides a comprehensive history of colonial settlement in the Illinois Country. Carl Ekberg presents a completely new perspective on Illinois history by examining a number of previously unexplored issues: the medieval style open field agriculture, the first use of African slaves in the region as agricultural laborers, the flour trade between Illinois and New Orleans, and the significance of the different mentalites of French Creoles and Anglo-Americans in early Illinois.
First Sentence
French Canadian families lived separately, as Peter Kalm, a Swedish (born an ethnic Finn) traveler and diarist, observed; each family settled independently on its own elongated parcel of land.
Excerpt
French Canadian families lived separately, as Peter Kalm, a Swedish (born an ethnic Finn) traveler and diarist, observed; each family settled independently on its own elongated parcel of land.
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