French St. Louis places St. Louis, Missouri, in a broad colonial context, shedding light on its francophone history.

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: A French City in North America Jay Gitlin, Robert Michael Morrissey, and Peter J. KastorPart 1. Fashioning a Colonial Place: St. Louis between Empire and Frontier 1. Empire by Collaboration: St. Louis, the Illinois Country, and the French Colonial Empire Robert Michael Morrissey 2. Between Obligation and Opportunity: St. Louis, Women, and Transcolonial Networks, 1764–1800 Robert Englebert 3. The Capital of St. Louis: From Indian Trade to American Territory, 1764–1825 J. Frederick Fausz 4. Fashioning Identities on the Frontier: Clothing, Culture, and Choice in Early St. Louis Patricia ClearyPart 2. St. Louis and New Orleans: A Regional Perspective 5. You Are Who You Trade With: Why Antebellum St. Louis Industrialized and New Orleans Didn’t Lawrence N. Powell 6. The Creole Frontier: Free People of Color in St. Louis and along the French Mississippi Corridor, 1800–1870 Andrew N. WegmannPart 3. Visualizing Place: New Sources and Resources for Telling the Story of St. Louis 7. Visualizing Early St. Louis Robert J. Moore Jr. 8. The View from Upper Louisiana: Pierre-Clément de Laussat’s Concerns and Contacts, 1803–1804 John H. LawrencePart 4. Maintaining the French Connection of St. Louis 9. Louis Cortambert and l’Esprit français in St. Louis in 1854 Anne Juneau Craver 10. The French Presence in St. Louis Today Lionel Cuillé Conclusion: The Founding and Lasting Significance of St. Louis Jay Gitlin Contributors Index