List of Illustrations | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
List of Abbreviations | p. xv |
Introduction | p. 1 |
From France to the Frontier | p. 10 |
Settling "Paincourt": Indians, the Fur Trade, and Farms | p. 36 |
"A Strange Mixture": Rulers, Misrule, and Unruly Inhabitants in the 1760s | p. 69 |
Power Dynamics and the Indian Presence in St. Louis | p. 102 |
Sex, Race, and Empire: The Peopling of St. Louis | p. 132 |
"The World, the Flesh, and the Devil": Conflicts over Religion Alcohol, and Authority | p. 164 |
A Village in Crisis: Conflict and Violence on the Brink of War | p. 192 |
"l'Annee du Coup": The "Last Day of St. Louis" and the Revolutionary War | p. 222 |
The Struggles of the 1780s | p. 249 |
St. Louis in the 1790s: The Enemies Within and Without | p. 269 |
Conclusion | p. 305 |
Afterword | p. 327 |
Bibliography | p. 329 |
Index | p. 347 |
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