Berger, Henry W.

St. Louis and Empire : 250 Years of Imperial Quest and Urban Crisis. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (675 pages)

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: St. Louis and Foreign Relations History -- 1. Gateway to Empires, 1764-1860 -- 2. A City in Crisis and a City Transformed, 1857-1883 -- 3. El Comercio del Valle, 1875-1893 -- 4. New Empires, 1893-1912 -- 5. Oil, Railroads, and Revolution, 1869-1917 -- 6. The Great War and a New World, 1914-1921 -- 7. Chasing the China Market, 1915-1929 -- 8. Depression, War, and Global Frontiers, 1929-1945 -- 9. Cold War St. Louis, 1945-1990 -- 10. Reinventing St. Louis in the New Age of Globalism, 1946-2014 -- Epilogue: St. Louis in the World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

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