| Description |
1 online resource (371 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Saint Louis and empire |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Berger, Henry W. St. Louis and empire : 250 years of imperial quest and urban crisis. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015] 9780809333950 |
| ISBN |
9780809333950 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0809333953 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780809333967 (electronic bk.) |
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