St. Louis and Empire : 250 Years of Imperial Quest and Urban Crisis /

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At first glance, St. Louis, Missouri, or any American city, for that matter, seems to have little to do with foreign relations, a field ostensibly conducted on a nation-state level. However, St. Louis, despite its status as an inland river city frequently relegated to the backwaters of national sign...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Berger, Henry W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Saint Louis (Mo.) > History.
Saint Louis (Mo.) > Social policy.
Missouri > Saint Louis.
United States Local History.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Missouri > Saint Louis.
Saint Louis (Mo.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:At first glance, St. Louis, Missouri, or any American city, for that matter, seems to have little to do with foreign relations, a field ostensibly conducted on a nation-state level. However, St. Louis, despite its status as an inland river city frequently relegated to the backwaters of national significance, has stood at the crossroads of international matters for much of its history. From its eighteenth-century French fur trade origins to post-Cold War business dealings with Latin America and Asia, the city has never neglected nor been ignored by the world outside its borders. In this pioneer.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (368 pages).
ISBN:9780809333967

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