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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457338603321

Autore

Skinner Claiborne A

Titolo

The upper country [[electronic resource] ] : French enterprise in the colonial Great Lakes / / Claiborne A. Skinner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

ISBN

9780801899294

0-8018-9929-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Regional perspectives on early America

Disciplina

971.01

Soggetti

French - Great Lakes Region (North America) - History

Electronic books.

Canada History To 1763 (New France)

United States History French and Indian War, 1754-1763 Causes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""PROLOGUE: The Fur Trade and New France to 1676""; ""ONE: Frontenac and La Salle, 1673-1682""; ""TWO: The Great Turtle and the Rock, 1683-1687""; ""THREE: War in the Wilderness, 1687-1701""; ""FOUR: The Foxes, 1701-1736""; ""FIVE: Illinois and the Chickasaw Wars, 1700-1740""; ""SIX: A Country More Worthy of His Majesty's Attention, 1736-1754""; ""SEVEN: ""A Few Acres of Snow,"" 1740-1754""