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The bourgeois frontier : French towns, French traders, and American expansion /

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 a...

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Main Author: Gitlin, Jay.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Series:Lamar series in western history
Subjects and Genres:
French > West (U.S.) > History.
French Americans > West (U.S.) > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Ethnic relations.
French.
French Americans.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Pionier
Fransmän i utlandet > historia.
Fransmän > historia > Nordamerika.
Nybyggare > historia > Nordamerika.
French > History.
French Americans > History.
Pionier.
West (U.S.) > Ethnic relations.
West (U.S.) > History.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire.
West United States.
Frankreich
USA > Weststaaten
Frankreich.
USA / Weststaaten.
History.
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Call Number: F596.3.F8 G585 2010
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