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UNINA9910784436503321 |
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Autore |
Pritchard James S. <1939-2015, > |
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Titolo |
In search of empire : the French in the Americas, 1670-1730 / / James Pritchard [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
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1-107-14724-7 |
1-280-44916-0 |
0-511-80855-0 |
0-511-16529-3 |
0-511-16570-6 |
0-511-16377-0 |
0-511-30893-0 |
0-511-16457-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxvii, 484 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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French - America - History - 17th century |
French - America - History - 18th century |
Frontier and pioneer life - America |
France Colonies America |
America History To 1810 |
America Ethnic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-471) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Maps and Graphs; Tables; Preface; Dates, Weights, Measures, and Currency; Abbreviations; Part 1 Colonies Formed; Part 2 Colonies Defended; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The decades between 1670 and 1730 were the most formative in the history of the French colonies in the Americas. A sufficient number of migrants arrived from France and Africa to create settlements, establish economies of production, develop networks of exchange and trade, and adapt institutions of government and law to give substance and form to their resulting societies. Elusive Empire was the first full account of how |
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