Kaskaskia Under the French Regime

Kaskaskia Under the French Regime
ISBN-10
0809325365
ISBN-13
9780809325368
Category
French
Pages
156
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
SIU Press
Author
Natalia Maree Belting

Description

First published in 1948, Kaskaskia under the French Regime is a social and economic history of French Kaskaskia from 1703 to 1765. Using a readable, journalistic style, Belting brings to life the prairie terrain, the Kaskaskia mission, early architecture, building methods and materials, the beginnings of government, domestic tools and utensils, commerce, and the social customs of the pioneer.

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