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© 2019 University of Chicago Press

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: “The Appearance of the Settlement Is Very Smiling” 1
  5. 1. “In Time This City Will Become Conspicuous”: The Development of Non-Fur-Trade Commerce 8
  6. 2. “The Inhabitants Are Well Supplied with Provisions of Every Description” 41
  7. 3. “Altogether Preferable to Shoes”: The Fashioning of Moccasins 71
  8. 4. “Detroit, Politically . . . Remains . . . an Isolated Moral Mass” 106
  9. 5. “Advisable to Improve the Arrangement of the Town”: Rebuilding after the Great Fire of 1805 137
  10. 6. “Sinister Conduct”: The Pervasion of Staples Smuggling 169
  11. Epilogue: “Exceedingly Well Situated for a Commercial Port” 198
  12. Notes 205
  13. Index 265
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: “The Appearance of the Settlement Is Very Smiling” 1
  5. 1. “In Time This City Will Become Conspicuous”: The Development of Non-Fur-Trade Commerce 8
  6. 2. “The Inhabitants Are Well Supplied with Provisions of Every Description” 41
  7. 3. “Altogether Preferable to Shoes”: The Fashioning of Moccasins 71
  8. 4. “Detroit, Politically . . . Remains . . . an Isolated Moral Mass” 106
  9. 5. “Advisable to Improve the Arrangement of the Town”: Rebuilding after the Great Fire of 1805 137
  10. 6. “Sinister Conduct”: The Pervasion of Staples Smuggling 169
  11. Epilogue: “Exceedingly Well Situated for a Commercial Port” 198
  12. Notes 205
  13. Index 265
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