French Roots in the Illinois Country

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French Roots in the Illinois Country is written by Carl J. Ekberg and published by University of Illinois Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0252069242 (ISBN 10) and 9780252069246 (ISBN 13).

Winner of the Kemper and Leila Williams Book Prize for the Best Book on Louisiana History, French Roots in the Illinois Country creates an entirely new picture of the Illinois country as a single ethnic, economic, and cultural entity. Focusing on the French Creole communities along the Mississippi River, Carl J. Ekberg shows how land use practices such as medieval-style open-field agriculture intersected with economic and social issues ranging from the flour trade between Illinois and New Orleans to the significance of the different mentalities of French Creoles and Anglo-Americans.