Berger, Henry W., <br/><br/>
St. Louis and empire :  250 years of imperial quest and urban crisis / 
 Saint Louis and empire 
Henry W. Berger. 
 - 1 online resource (371 pages) :  illustrations, maps, portraits 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780809333967 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Saint Louis (Mo.)--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F474.S257  / B47 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>977.8/66