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Begun as a royal adventure to enhance the glory of the king, the
Dutch War sparked serious debate within the French government over
the relationship of the ruler to the state. Ekberg focuses on one
significant year of the war and explains how, despite opposition by
several counselors, the king escalated the original conflict into a
full European war and wrought a dramatic shift in French policy.
The study is arranged thematically to bring clarity to a period of
complex issues.
Originally published in 1979.
A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the
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editions are published unaltered from the original, and are
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historical and cultural value.
The standard story of St. Louis's founding tells of fur traders
Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau hacking a city out of
wilderness. St. Louis Rising overturns such gauzy myths with the
contrarian thesis that French government officials and institutions
shaped and structured early city society. Of the former, none did
more than Louis St. Ange de Bellerive. His commitment to the
Bourbon monarchy and to civil tranquility made him the prime mover
as St. Louis emerged during the tumult following the French and
Indian War. Drawing on new source materials, the authors delve into
the complexities of politics, Indian affairs, slavery, and material
culture that defined the city's founding period. Their alternative
version of the oft-told tale uncovers the imperial realities--as
personified by St. Ange--that truly governed in the Illinois
Country of the time, and provide a trove of new information on
everything from the fur trade to the arrival of the British and
Spanish after the Seven Years' War.
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