The bourgeois frontier : French towns, French traders, and American expansion / Jay Gitlin.

"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 French are crucial to understanding the phenomenon of westward expansion. The Seven Years War bro...

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Main Author: Gitlin, Jay (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.
Series:Lamar series in western history.
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