Yankee Merchants and the Making of the Urban West - The Rise and Fall of Antebellum St Louis

Zusammenfassung During the mid-1850s powerful political and cultural forces altered the sources of urban growth in the American West. This book demonstrates that the sectional crisis abruptly transformed St Louis's role in the national economy! redirecting the flow of capital and migrants away from St Louis and toward a smaller western city - Chicago. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. 'These Yankee notions will not suit Missouri'; 3. Savagedom, destiny, and the isothermal zodiac; 4. Yankee newcomers and prosperity; 5. 'The offspring of the East'; 6. A border city in an age of sectionalism; 7. Rebirth; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeffrey S. Adler, Jeffrey S. (University of Florida) Adler, Adler Jeffrey S.
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert Fogel (Editore), Stephan Thernstrom (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.09.2002
• EAN: 9780521522359
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52235-9
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Interdisciplinary Perspectives; Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas