St. Louis and Empire : 250 Years of Imperial Quest and Urban Crisis

Introduction: St. Louis And Foreign Relations History -- Gateway To Empires, 1764-1860 -- A City In Crisis And A City Transformed, 1857-1883 -- El Comercio Del Valle, 1875-1893 -- New Empires, 1893-1912 -- Oil, Railroads, And Revolution, 1869-1917 -- The Great War And A New World, 1914-1921 -- Chasing The China Market, 1915-1929 -- Depression, War, And Global Frontiers, 1929-1945 -- Cold War St. Louis, 1945-1990 -- Reinventing St. Louis In The New Age Of Globalism, 1946-2012 -- Epilogue: St. Louis In The World. Henry W. Berger. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.