The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion

By Jay Gitlin

Book Overview

Histories tend to emphasize conquest by Anglo-Americans as the driving force behind the development of the American West. In this fresh interpretation, Jay Gitlin argues that the activities of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030010118X
• ISBN13: 9780300101188
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"