| Edition |
[First edition]. |
| Description |
xiv, 483 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-466) and index. |
| Contents |
Exploration by Europeans -- National rivalries and early settlement -- Missouri territory, 1803-1821 -- Material growth, government, and society, 1804-1820 -- The new state of Missouri -- Commerce of the crossroads -- Business and politics, 1820-1840 -- New bonds with the West -- End of an era -- Border conflict and the outbreak of the Civil War -- The Civil War in Missouri -- Adjustment to revolution -- Democratic recovery and control, 1872-1900 -- Reform, political upheaval and World War -- Missouri and the isolationists, 1920-1933 -- The rise of Harry Truman, 1933-1940 -- The Truman era -- Politics and society, 1952-1962. |
| Subject |
Missouri -- History.
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