St. Louis and empire : 250 years of imperial quest and urban crisis
Title:
St. Louis and empire : 250 years of imperial quest and urban crisis
Author:
Berger, Henry W., author.
ISBN:
9780809333967
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (371 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Contents:
Introduction: St. Louis and foreign relations history -- Gateway to empires, 1764-1860 -- A city in crisis and a city transformed, 1857-1883 -- El comercio del valle, 1875-1893 -- New empires, 1893-1912 -- Oil, railroads, and revolution, 1869-1917 -- The Great War and a new world, 1914-1921 -- Chasing the China market, 1915-1929 -- Depression, war, and global frontiers, 1929-1945 -- Cold War St. Louis, 1945-1990 -- Reinventing St. Louis in the new age of globalism, 1946-2012 -- Epilogue: St. Louis in the world.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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