Ethnic St. Louis
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About this book
As St. Louis celebrates the 250th year since its founding Ethnic St. Louis highlights the many communities that make St. Louis a vibrant multi-ethnic city. Their stories-accompanied by rare photography-fill the new book Ethnic St. Louis a rich tapestry of the people and cultures that have enriched the Gateway City throughout its history. From long-established French German and Irish communities through the African American community and the more recent arrivals of Vietnamese and Bosnian immigrants this volume covers a broad spectrum of groups that shaped St. Louis history and daily life. Photo-illustrated vignettes convey why each community settled in St. Louis how they changed through the years and how they contributed to local progress and growth. A first-of-its-kind compendium Ethnic St. Louis demonstrates the importance of diverse communities to the citys rich past complex current identity and interconnected future.
