Chicago and the Old Northwest, 1673-1835
In this sweeping survey, Milo Milton Quaife traces the events leading from Chicago's emergence as a key outpost at the edge of the frontier to its establishment as the crossroads of American commerce.Quaife narrates the opening of trade and the course of European exploration, facilitated by the Chicago portage and subsequent construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. He profiles the personalities who shaped the early Chicago area, from the French explorers La Salle, Marquette, and Joliet to the ambitious Champlain, who set the course for decades to come by securing for New France the enmity of the Iroquois.Quaife provides a full descrip…
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- ISBN: 978-0-252-06970-3
- EAN: 9780252069703
- Produktnummer: 9085102
- Verlag: University Of Illinois Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 512 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.8 cm 689 g
- Abbildungen: Illustrations
- Gewicht: 689
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