In Search of Empire - The French in the Americas, 1670-1730

Informationen zum Autor James Pritchard is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Queen's University. He is the author of Louis XV's Navy, 1748–1762 (1987), and Anatomy of a Naval Disaster (1995), which was awarded the Keith Matthews Prize by the Canadian Nautical Research Society and received a John Lyman Book Award from the North American Society for Oceanic History. Klappentext Elusive Empire was the first full account of how between 1670 and 1730 French settlers came to the Americas. Zusammenfassung Elusive Empire was the first full account of how between 1670 and 1730 French settlers came to the Americas. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Maps and graphs; Illustrations; Preface; Dates, weights, measures and currencies; List of abbreviations; Part 1: Colonies Formed: 1. Colonial populations; 2. Settlements and societies; 3. Production; 4. Trade and exchange; 5. Government and politics; Part 2: Colonies Defended: 6. The Franco-Dutch War in the Americas, 1672-8; 7. France and the Nine Years' War in the Americas; 8. The War of the Spanish Succession in the Americas; 9. Elusive empire; Appendices.

Product details

• Authors: James Pritchard, Pritchard James
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2003
• EAN: 9780521827423
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82742-3
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; France, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, The Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, National liberation and independence